Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA
N7135J is a Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1999. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Sierra Flite LLC, an LLC in Camden, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 9, 2016 and expires on June 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 23, 1999.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)
- Model
- R22 BETA · all R22 BETAs and related versions
- Serial number
- 2899
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-360-C1F · 200 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1999
- Transponder code
- A98A42 (octal 52305102)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 9, 2016
- Expires
- June 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 11, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 23, 1999
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00815792
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Sierra Flite LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 2140 S Dupont Hwy
Camden, DE 19934-1249
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N7135J, 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 Sierra Flite LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 9, 2016, expires June 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 23, 1999, consistent with the 1999 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2899 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N7135J was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Tobin Laverne J SONERAI II L SPECIAL (serial ONE, cancelled June 16, 1993). 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 N7135J: Accident on August 11, 2012 at Monticello, UT: minor 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 R22 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain adequate main rotor rpm while maneuvering at a low altitude, which resulted in the helicopter settling and subsequently colliding with the ground. Contributing to the accident was that the pilot had insufficient altitude to accomplish a successful recovery.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR12CA351 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