Robinson Helicopter R44 II
N7528Z is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2004. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Castor Aviation LTD, a corporation in Ketchikan, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 27, 2010 and expires on January 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 23, 2005. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
- Model
- R44 II · all R44 IIs and related versions
- Serial number
- 10384
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540 SER · 300 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2004
- Transponder code
- AA24FF (octal 52422377)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 27, 2010
- Expires
- January 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- September 29, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · March 23, 2005
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00112449
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Castor Aviation LTD
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 1515 Tongass Ave
Ketchikan, AK 99901-6011
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
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N7528Z, 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 Castor Aviation LTD, a corporation, certificate issued April 27, 2010, expires January 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated March 23, 2005, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10384 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N7528Z was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-25-235 (serial 25-3570, cancelled March 15, 1985). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 document received recently: Bill of sale (evidence of ownership) (September 2, 2026). [3]
1 NTSB record under N7528Z: Accident on March 12, 2006 at Ilimana, AK: 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 R44 · operated under 135
The pilot's continued flight into adverse weather conditions, and his spatial disorientation and loss of control during a subsequent landing attempt. Factors associated with the accident are flat light and whiteout conditions, fog, and snow-covered terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC06LA025 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