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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
- Model
- R44 II · all R44 IIs and related versions
- Serial number
- 11428
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 · 260 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2006
- Transponder code
- ACA96C (octal 53124554)
Registration
- Status
- Expired dealer
- Certificate issued
- —
- Expires
- —
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2014
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · September 18, 2006
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00270869
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Pigneri Paul A
- Type
- Individual
- 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.
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]
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 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 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data