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N8316D

Robinson Helicopter R22 MARINER

Valid Delaware

N8316D is a Robinson Helicopter R22 MARINER, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1994. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Marinephoto Helicopter LLC, an LLC in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 5, 2013 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 11, 1994.

Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
Model
R22 MARINER · all R22 MARINERs and related versions
Serial number
2481M
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-320 SERIES · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1994
Transponder code
AB5F3F (octal 52657477)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 5, 2013
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 21, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · November 11, 1994
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00825172

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Marinephoto Helicopter LLC
Type
LLC
Address
6 Sheffield Rd Hgr 1
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971

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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

1960-05-27Beech J35 · exported to Switzerland · Valid registration
—Piper PA-28-161 · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N8316D, 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 Marinephoto Helicopter LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 5, 2013, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated November 11, 1994, consistent with the 1994 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2481M for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N8316D was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Beech J35 (serial D-5436, cancelled May 27, 1960); Piper PA-28-161 (serial 288116115, 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 N8316D: Accident on August 18, 2013 at Lee'S Summit, MO: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 10, 2008 at Austin, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. 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

CEN13CA575Accident on August 18, 2013 at Lee'S Summit, MO: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The student pilot's improper flare while performing an autorotation and the flight instructor's delayed remedial action to correct the high sink rate, which resulted in a hard landing.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN13CA575 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

DFW08LA140Accident on May 10, 2008 at Austin, TX: no injuries, substantial damage.

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

The pilot's failure to maintain rotor RPM while maneuvering at a low altitude, which resulted in a loss of control.

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for DFW08LA140 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

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 October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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