N8311A is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA built in 1994. The FAA cancelled the registration on October 15, 2025. The last status on file was "valid registration". The number has been on and off the register 2 times.
N8311A is reserved by a private party since October 15, 2025. Reservation type: Two-year hold for canceled N-numbers.
Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA cancelled October 15, 2025
- Serial number
- 2442
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- 1994
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 20, 2011
- Last FAA action
- January 22, 2023
- Last owner
- California Aviation Services INC (Corporation)
Riverside, CA - Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
Piper PA-28-181 cancelled March 23, 1988
- Serial number
- 288190114
- Type
- Fixed-wing, single engine · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- N-number assigned but not yet registered
- Certificate issued
- —
- Last FAA action
- —
- Last owner
- Withheld
- Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N8311A
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R22 BETA · serial 2442
inadequate supervision by the flight instructor (CFI), and his delayed corrective action to the student pilot's abrupt control inputs, thereby allowing the main rotor blades to strike the ground. Factors relating to the accident were: the CFI's lack of instructing experience and the presence of upsloping terrain.
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R-22 BETA · serial 2442
The pilot misjudged altitude and distance which resulted in an undershoot of the landing area and collision with water. Contributing factors are inadequate helipad lighting and a dark night light condition.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site