Robinson Helicopter R22
N9017Z is a Robinson Helicopter R22, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to Helicopteracademy.Com LLC, an LLC in Rebhoboth Beach, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 1, 2011 and expires on August 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
- Model
- R22 · all R22s and related versions
- Serial number
- 0017
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- AC7648 (octal 53073110)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 1, 2011
- Expires
- August 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00061381
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Helicopteracademy.Com LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 6 Sheffield Rd Hgr 1
Rebhoboth Beach, DE 19971
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 · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N9017Z, 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 Helicopteracademy.Com LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 1, 2011, expires August 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0017 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N9017Z was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Air Tractor Inc AT-602 (serial 602-0546, cancelled June 29, 2006); Balloon Works FIREFLY 7 (serial F7467, cancelled February 24, 1995). 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 N9017Z: Accident on May 19, 2005 at Ralls, TX: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal). Accident on March 18, 2005 at Crosbyton, TX: 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: Air Tractor AT-602 · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the antenna tower. Contributing factors were the recency of the tower's construction and the lack of obstruction lights on the tower.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Air Tractor AT-602 · operated under 137
The pilot's failure to mantain directional control during take-off. A contributing factor was the dust devil.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- 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 September 30, 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