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N5488H

Robinson Helicopter R66

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesTexas
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N5488H is a Robinson Helicopter R66, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2025. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Higgins Leasing INC, a corporation in The Woodlands, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 26, 2026 and expires on January 31, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 12, 2025. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).

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Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO
Model
R66 · all R66s 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 R66 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
1639
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C300/A1 · 300 hp
Seats
5
Year built
2025
Transponder code
A6F91C (octal 51574434)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
January 26, 2026
Expires
January 31, 2033
Last FAA action
January 26, 2026
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 · December 12, 2025
FAA region
SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01522485

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Higgins Leasing 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
PO Box 7327
The Woodlands, TX 77387-7327

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 1

2026-10-08Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 1

2009-09-15Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL · Registration certificate revoked

Connections how N5488H links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rolls-Royce 250-C300/A1 355 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
  • Type certificate R00015LA · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Owner
  • Higgins Leasing INC 46 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to March 17, 2027
Place
  • The Woodlands, TX 122 aircraft registered in this town
  • Texas 29,911 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N5488H, 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 Higgins Leasing INC, a corporation, certificate issued January 26, 2026, expires January 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated December 12, 2025, consistent with the 2025 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1639 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N5488H was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-18-105 SPECIAL (serial 18-79, cancelled September 15, 2009). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (October 8, 2026). [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N5488H: Accident on May 27, 2026 at Fort Worth, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 1

CEN26LA203Accident on May 27, 2026 at Fort Worth, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter CO R66 · operated under 091

The flight instructor’s delayed remedial action and the student pilot’s failure to maintain helicopter control during hover.

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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 October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 23, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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