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Robinson Helicopter R44 II
N915BW is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2006. It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Long Beach, California. The FAA lists the registration as "expired dealer". It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 18, 2006.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
- Model
- R44 II · all R44 IIs and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. A welded steel-tube frame under aluminium and fibreglass skins; metal rotor blades. This is how the Robinson R44 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 11428
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 · 260 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2006
- Transponder code
- ACA96C (octal 53124554)
Registration
- Status
- Expired dealerFAA registration status code D (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2014
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 18, 2006
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00270869
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pigneri Paul A
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2601 e Spring St # 106
Long Beach, CA 90806-2218
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.
Connections how N915BW links to the rest of the register
- Robinson R44 1,948 registered
- Robinson Helicopter 3,188 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 1,044 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
- Type certificate H11NM · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
- Long Beach, CA 226 aircraft registered in this town
- Long Beach (Daugherty Field) · LGB
- California 28,112 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Robinson R44 42 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Robinson R44 1,407 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Robinson R44 110 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 21 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 924 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N915BW.json.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N915BW, 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.
Registration status is "Expired dealer". An aircraft cannot be operated on an invalid or expired registration; resolve this with the FAA before any transaction. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated September 18, 2006, consistent with the 2006 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 11428 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N915BW 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]
2 NTSB records under N915BW: Accident on June 6, 2013 at Los Angeles, CA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 23, 2011 at Broomfield, CO: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II · operated under 091
The pilot’s loss of helicopter control following a precautionary landing, which resulted in a dynamic rollover.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II · operated under 091
A loss of control due to the pilot's diverted attention as a result of an open door.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 9, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 9, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data