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Robinson Helicopter R44
N828RD is a Robinson Helicopter R44, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2002. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Cedar Ridge Aviation LLC, an LLC in Knox City, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 6, 2024 and expires on June 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 19, 2002.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)
- Model
- R44 · all R44s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA 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
- 1254
- 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 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- AB500E (octal 52650016)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 6, 2024
- Expires
- June 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- June 6, 2024
- 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 19, 2002
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00694114
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Cedar Ridge Aviation 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
- PO Box 37
Knox City, TX 79529-0037
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 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N828RD links to the rest of the register
- Robinson R44 1,948 registered
- Robinson Helicopter 3,188 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming O-540 series 5,245 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Type certificate H11NM · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
- Cedar Ridge Aviation LLC 21 aircraft in the fleet
- Knox City, TX 23 aircraft registered in this town
- Harrison Field Of Knox City · F75
- Texas 29,985 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Robinson R44 42 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Robinson R44 1,407 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Robinson R44 110 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming O-540 series 29 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming O-540 series 304 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N828RD, 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 Cedar Ridge Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 6, 2024, expires June 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated August 19, 2002, consistent with the 2002 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1254 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N828RD according to the deregistered file. [2]
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]
1 NTSB record under N828RD: Accident on July 24, 2017 at Myrtle Beach, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter R44 · operated under 091
A loss of available power to the main rotor due to a fractured exhaust pushrod and housing, which allowed engine oil to coat the V-belts. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's decision to continue the tour and his failure to maintain adequate rotor rpm during the landing, which resulted in a hard landing.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 13, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- 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 13, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data