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A Robinson R44, the same model family as N74836
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N74836

Robinson Helicopter R44 II

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlaska

N74836 is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 27, 2026 and expires on October 31, 2033. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated May 19, 2023. 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 COMPANY
Model
R44 II · all R44 IIs 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 R44 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
10981
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 · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AA1322 (octal 52411442)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
October 27, 2026
Expires
October 31, 2033
Last FAA action
October 27, 2026
Airworthiness
MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 131 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 19, 2023
FAA region
AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00220429

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lepping Kurt M
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
PO Box 872181
Wasilla, AK 99687-2181

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

2026-10-23Bill of sale (evidence of ownership)

Earlier use of this number 1

1974-05-17Navion NAVION A · Valid registration

Connections how N74836 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming IO-540 series 4,222 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
  • Type certificate H11NM · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Place
Airworthiness

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Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N74836, 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 Lepping Kurt M, an individual, certificate issued October 27, 2026, expires October 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Multiple certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10981 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N74836 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Navion NAVION A (serial NAV41422, cancelled May 17, 1974). 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 23, 2026). [3]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N74836. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

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 November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data