Robinson Helicopter R44 II
N4529J is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2009. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Star Quest LLC, an LLC in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 10, 2021 and expires on March 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 30, 2009.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
- Model
- R44 II · all R44 IIs and related versions
- Serial number
- 12683
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 · 260 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- A57D26 (octal 51276446)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 10, 2021
- Expires
- March 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · January 30, 2009
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 01024300
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Star Quest LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 3 Germany Dr Unite 4
Wilmington, DE 19806
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 3
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N4529J, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Star Quest LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 10, 2021, expires March 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated January 30, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 12683 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N4529J was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Jackson Johnny E Jr JACKSON-STOLP STRLET (serial 921, cancelled March 26, 2003); Jacobs Gary QUICKSILVER MX II (serial 1615, cancelled April 17, 1991); Piper PA-28R-180 (serial 28R-30387, cancelled July 9, 1981). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N4529J: Accident on July 19, 2021 at Point Harbor, NC: fatal, destroyed (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II · operated under 091
The noncertificated pilot’s decision to continue visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions, which resulted in spatial disorientation over a large body of water and a high velocity impact with the water. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s inadequate oversight during their initial training and improperly signing off the student for solo flight when he lacked the proper student pilot and medical certificate.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA21LA295 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data