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N8042B

Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesIllinois
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N8042B is a Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1989. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Summerskyz INC, a corporation in Saint Joseph, Illinois. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 31, 2013 and expires on July 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 4, 1989.

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Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
Model
R22 BETA · all R22 BETAs 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
1110
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-320-B2C · 160 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
1989
Transponder code
AAF359 (octal 52571531)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 31, 2013
Expires
July 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 18, 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 · August 4, 1989
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00794551

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Summerskyz INC (flight school: its whole fleet and safety record)
Type
CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
2040 County Road 2300 N
Saint Joseph, IL 61873-9551
Learn to fly in N8042B with Summerskyz INC:
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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 2

1974-08-12Cessna 172 · Valid registration
—Piper PA-18-150 · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Connections how N8042B links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming O-320-B2C 55 aircraft with this engine series · 160 hp
  • Type certificate H10WE · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Owner
Place
  • Saint Joseph, IL 17 aircraft registered in this town
  • Illinois 8,070 aircraft registered
Record
Airworthiness
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The public federal record on N8042B, 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 Summerskyz INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 31, 2013, expires July 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated August 4, 1989, consistent with the 1989 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1110 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8042B was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 172 (serial 29842, cancelled August 12, 1974); Piper PA-18-150 (serial 185688, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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

2 NTSB records under N8042B: Accident on January 18, 2017 at Champaign, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 3, 1984 at Oak Grove, WI: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal). 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

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

NTSB records 2

GAA17CA112Accident on January 18, 2017 at Champaign, IL: minor injuries, substantial damage.

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

The flight instructor’s failure to arrest the descent rate during the practice autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CHI84FA376Accident on September 3, 1984 at Oak Grove, WI: fatal, destroyed (3 fatal).serial on NTSB record: 18-5688

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-18-150 · operated under 091

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 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 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data