N7197W is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA built in 2001. The FAA cancelled the registration on September 18, 2012 when the aircraft was exported to Brazil. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA cancelled September 18, 2012
- Serial number
- 3218
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 2001
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Exported to
- Brazil
- Certificate issued
- January 4, 2012
- Last FAA action
- January 4, 2012
- Last owner
- Flying Toy Store (Corporation)
Plantation, FL - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Piper PA-28-180 cancelled February 6, 1968
- Serial number
- 28-1008
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- October 11, 1967
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Weinberg Perry M (Individual)
Sumter, SC - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N7197W
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA · serial 3218
The commercial pilot's improper recovery from a practice autorotation, resulting in a tailboom strike and subsequent rollover.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site