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A Robinson R66, the same model family as N944AS
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026
N944AS

Robinson Helicopter R66

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesNevada
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N944AS is a Robinson Helicopter R66, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 5 seats. It is registered to Jwf Ranching LLC, an LLC in Crescent Valley, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 11, 2025 and expires on September 30, 2032. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 26, 2013.

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Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO
Model
R66 · all R66s and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A 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 R66 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
0457
Type
RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C300/A1 · 300 hp
Seats
5
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AD1C15 (octal 53216025)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
September 11, 2025
Expires
September 30, 2032
Last FAA action
September 11, 2025
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 26, 2013
FAA region
Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01128788

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Jwf Ranching LLC
Type
LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
Hc 66 Box 46
Crescent Valley, NV 89821-9707

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 1

2009-01-30Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) · exported to Nigeria · Valid registration

Connections how N944AS links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Rolls-Royce 250-C300/A1 354 aircraft with this engine series · 300 hp
  • Type certificate R00015LA · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Owner
Place
Record
Airworthiness
Analytics
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The public federal record on N944AS, 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 Jwf Ranching LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 11, 2025, expires September 30, 2032. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0457 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N944AS was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83(MD-83) (serial 53019, cancelled January 30, 2009). 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

1 NTSB record under N944AS: Incident on August 21, 2006 at Long Beach, CA: no injuries, minor 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 1

LAX06IA301Incident on August 21, 2006 at Long Beach, CA: no injuries, minor damage.serial on NTSB record: 53019

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-83 · operated under 121

The over wing heater blanket wiring installation that had chaffed and arced, which produced an electrical smell in the cabin area.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

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 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data