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A Robinson R22, the same model family as N786SH
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N786SH

Robinson Helicopter R22

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesCalifornia
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N786SH is a Robinson Helicopter R22, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2004. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Spitzer Helicopter LLC, an LLC in Woodland Hills, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 3, 2015 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 8, 2004.

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Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
Model
R22 · all R22s 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 R22 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
3626
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 O-360 SERIES · 180 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
2004
Transponder code
AAA868 (octal 52524150)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 3, 2015
Expires
April 30, 2028
Last FAA action
May 5, 2023
Airworthiness
StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · June 8, 2004
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00102759

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Spitzer Helicopter LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
5958 Rod Ave
Woodland Hills, CA 91367-1003

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Connections how N786SH links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming O-360 series 1,070 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
  • Type certificate H10WE · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Owner
Place
  • Woodland Hills, CA 88 aircraft registered in this town
  • California 28,134 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N786SH, 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 Spitzer Helicopter LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 3, 2015, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated June 8, 2004, consistent with the 2004 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 3626 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N786SH according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N786SH: Accident on March 1, 2022 at Fallston, MD: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [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

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NTSB records 1

ERA22LA140Accident on March 1, 2022 at Fallston, MD: minor injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter Company R22 · operated under 091

The student pilot's unstabilized hover, which resulted in ground contact and a dynamic rollover. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision of the student and his delayed remedial action.

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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 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 10, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 10, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data