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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 3, 2026Hutcherson David R ROTORWAY EXEC 152
N7182Z is a Hutcherson David R ROTORWAY EXEC 152, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1993. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Gretna, Virginia. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 5, 1991 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated May 27, 1993.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Hutcherson David R
- Model
- ROTORWAY EXEC 152
- Serial number
- RW152-2008
- 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 · Rotorway RW152 · 150 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1993
- Transponder code
- A99C7B (octal 52316173)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 5, 1991
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 30, 2023
- Airworthiness
- ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 27, 1993
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00925281
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Hutcherson David R
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 268 Hutcherson Rd
Gretna, VA 24557
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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 N7182Z links to the rest of the register
- Hutcherson David R 1 aircraft on the register
- RotorWay RW152 25 aircraft with this engine series · 150 hp
- Gretna, VA 5 aircraft registered in this town
- Virginia 5,975 aircraft registered
- Report filed on this aircraft: Shaft, failed · 1996-06-18
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The public federal record on N7182Z, 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 Hutcherson David R, an individual, certificate issued February 5, 1991, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated May 27, 1993, consistent with the 1993 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial RW152-2008 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N7182Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-25-235 (serial 253057, cancelled December 17, 1964). 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 N7182Z: Accident on June 10, 1996 at Gretna, VA: no injuries, destroyed. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Rotorway EXEC 152 · operated under 091
failure of the bearing assembly shaft insert inside the main rotor shaft. Related factors are the jammed rotorcraft flight control which restricted the pilot's ability to control the helicopter and resulted in a hard touchdown.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 3, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 3, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data