Robinson Helicopter R44
N668TM is a Robinson Helicopter R44, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2000. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Alpha Helicopters LLC, an LLC in Lewes, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 12, 2026 and expires on April 30, 2033. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 3, 2001.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)
- Model
- R44 · all R44s and related versions
- Serial number
- 1032
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-540-F1B5 · 260 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2000
- Transponder code
- A8D3A6 (octal 52151646)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 12, 2026
- Expires
- April 30, 2033
- Last FAA action
- August 19, 2026
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 3, 2001
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00843834
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Alpha Helicopters LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 16182 Coastal Hwy
Lewes, DE 19958
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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 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N668TM, 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 Alpha Helicopters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 12, 2026, expires April 30, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated April 3, 2001, consistent with the 2000 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1032 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N668TM was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Robinson Helicopter R44 (serial 1228, cancelled April 17, 2026); Piper PA-31-350 (serial 31-8052008, cancelled June 10, 2008). 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 N668TM: Accident on November 14, 2025 at Cookeville, TN: no 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: Robinson Helicopter R44 · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain an appropriate decent rate during approach, resulting in a hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA26LA048 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
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data