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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)
- Model
- R44 · all R44s and related versions
- Serial number
- 1254
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2002
- Transponder code
- AB500E (octal 52650016)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 6, 2024
- Expires
- June 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- June 6, 2024
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · August 19, 2002
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00694114
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Cedar Ridge Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- PO Box 37
Knox City, TX 79529-0037
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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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]
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 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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA17LA257 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data