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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 23, 2026Hiller H-23D
N48263 is a Hiller H-23D, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1959. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Sarah Business LLC, an LLC in Merritt Island, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 11, 2011 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated April 14, 1977.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Hiller
- Model
- H-23D · all H-23Ds and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. This is how the Hiller H-23 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 1208
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming VO-435 SERIES · 260 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1959
- Cruising speed
- 75 mph
- Transponder code
- A5F34D (octal 51371515)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- October 11, 2011
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 131 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · April 14, 1977
- FAA region
- SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00110255
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sarah Business LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 4405 Stillwater Dr
Merritt Island, FL 32952-6300
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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 1
Connections how N48263 links to the rest of the register
- Hiller H-23 8 registered
- Hiller 242 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming VO-435 series 191 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Type certificate 4H10 · held by Siam Hiller Holdings INC
- Sarah Business LLC 5 aircraft in the fleet
- Merritt Island, FL 211 aircraft registered in this town
- Merritt Island Airport · COI
- Florida 21,706 aircraft registered
- Failure reports filed on the Hiller H-23 1 reports since 1995
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming VO-435 series 8 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N48263, 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 Sarah Business LLC, an LLC, certificate issued October 11, 2011, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 14, 1977, 18 years after the 1959 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1208 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N48263 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Taylorcraft / Johnson L2B (serial L-4830, cancelled September 7, 1955). 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 N48263: Accident on April 6, 2025 at Rockledge, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. 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: Hiller UH12E · operated under 091
On April 6, 2025, about 1020 eastern daylight time, a Hiller UH-12E, N48263, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Rockledge, Florida. The private pilot and passenger sustained serious injuries. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ADS-B data and pilot information, the pilot made a left turn and proceeded in a southwest direction climbing to 600 ft barometric altitude. The helicopter remained on that heading, flying between 68 and 70 knots indicated airspeed…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 23, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data