Robinson Helicopter R44
N81191 is a Robinson Helicopter R44, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Castor Aviation LTD, a corporation in Wasilla, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 27, 2012 and expires on April 30, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested. 1 document is on file: bill of sale (evidence of ownership).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)
- Model
- R44 · all R44s and related versions
- Serial number
- 0855
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- AB10C0 (octal 52610300)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 27, 2012
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 00257819
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Castor Aviation LTD
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 6540 E Beechcraft Rd
Wasilla, AK 99654-9330
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 3
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N81191, 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, 2012, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0855 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N81191 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Ruminski Stanley J KOLB FIRESTAR (serial F1071, cancelled July 13, 1998); Cessna 421 (serial 4210031, cancelled December 6, 1989); Funk B85C (serial 321, cancelled April 29, 1974). 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]
2 NTSB records under N81191: Accident on May 15, 2010 at Seward, AK: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 29, 1983 at Glendale, AZ: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter R44 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from snow-covered terrain while hovering in flat light conditions, which resulted in a dynamic rollover.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC10CA040 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Piper PA-28-161 · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX83LA168 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