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N5011K

Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas
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N5011K is a Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2024. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Sky Helicopters INC, a corporation in Desoto, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 17, 2024 and expires on October 31, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 9, 2024.

Where is it now Last seen Saturday at 4:46 pm.

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Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
Model
R22 BETA · all R22 BETAs and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. A welded steel-tube frame under aluminium and fibreglass skins; metal rotor blades. This is how the Robinson R22 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
4908
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 O-360-J2A · 145 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
2024
Transponder code
A6402C (octal 51440054)

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 17, 2024
Expires
October 31, 2031
Last FAA action
October 17, 2024
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 9, 2024
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01461581

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Sky Helicopters INC
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
150 e Danieldale Rd
Desoto, TX 75115-2401

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 3

2014-01-14Beechcraft Corp G36 · exported to South Africa · Valid registration
2001-03-14Raytheon Aircraft Company B300 · exported to Germany · Valid registration
1997-12-06Bell 206B · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N5011K links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming O-360-J2A 254 aircraft with this engine series · 145 hp
  • Type certificate H10WE · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Owner
  • Sky Helicopters INC 24 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to November 1, 2027
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
Live

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The public federal record on N5011K, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Sky Helicopters INC, a corporation, certificate issued October 17, 2024, expires October 31, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated September 9, 2024, consistent with the 2024 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 4908 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N5011K was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Beechcraft Corp G36 (serial E-4011, cancelled January 14, 2014); Raytheon Aircraft Company B300 (serial FL-311, cancelled March 14, 2001); Bell 206B (serial 2580, cancelled December 6, 1997). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N5011K: Accident on November 21, 1991 at Davis, CA: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

LAX92FA047Accident on November 21, 1991 at Davis, CA: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 2580

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Bell 206BIII · operated under 135

THE DECISION OF THE PILOT TO CONTINUE NIGHT LOW LEVEL FLIGHT IN FORECASTED ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE FOGGY WEATHER AND DARK NIGHT CONDITIONS WHICH RESTRICTED THE PILOT'S VISUAL OUTLOOK.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data