Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA
N8356R is a Robinson Helicopter R22 BETA, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1997. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Emerald City Aircraft Leasing INC, a corporation in Port Orchard, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 23, 2012 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 14, 1997.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)
- Model
- R22 BETA · all R22 BETAs and related versions
- Serial number
- 2729
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-360-A1D · 180 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1997
- Transponder code
- AB6E27 (octal 52667047)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 23, 2012
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · August 14, 1997
- FAA region
- Northwest Mountain
- FAA record id
- 00316751
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Emerald City Aircraft Leasing INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- 6399 Clover Valley Rd SE
Port Orchard, WA 98367-9033
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.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N8356R, 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 Emerald City Aircraft Leasing INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 23, 2012, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated August 14, 1997, consistent with the 1997 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 2729 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8356R was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Piper PA-34-220T (serial 348133040, cancelled June 29, 1989); Piper PA-28-140 (serial 28-22231, cancelled February 13, 1967). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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]
2 NTSB records under N8356R: Accident on October 22, 2008 at Temecula, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 29, 2004 at Boise, ID: 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 R22 BETA · operated under 091
The certified flight instructor's failure to maintain adequate rotor rpm during a simulated approach to landing under variable wind, and high density altitude conditions.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR09CA023 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R-22 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to initiate a flare prior to contacting the ground while attempting to land the helicopter on a dark night. Factors include a distraction created by the flicker of a low rotor rpm light, the glare of nearby flood lights, and the lack of ambient illumination of the landing area.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA04CA149 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