Robinson Helicopter R66
N962MD is a Robinson Helicopter R66, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2016. It has 5 seats. It is registered to Higgins Leasing INC, a corporation in The Woodlands, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 7, 2023 and expires on March 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 29, 2016.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER CO
- Model
- R66 · all R66s and related versions
- Serial number
- 0725
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C300/A1 · 300 hp
- Seats
- 5
- Year built
- 2016
- Transponder code
- AD64AB (octal 53262253)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- March 7, 2023
- Expires
- March 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- March 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 29, 2016
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01218397
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Higgins Leasing INC
- Type
- Corporation
- Address
- PO Box 7327
The Woodlands, TX 77387-7327
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N962MD, 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 Higgins Leasing INC, a corporation, certificate issued March 7, 2023, expires March 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated June 29, 2016, consistent with the 2016 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0725 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N962MD 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]
1 NTSB record under N962MD: Accident on June 4, 2025 at Kaparuk, AK: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter CO R66 · operated under 135
On June 4, 2025 about 1055 Alaska daylight time, a Robinson R66 turbine-powered helicopter, N962MD, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Kaparuk, Alaska. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 on-demand charter flight. The helicopter was operated by Pollux Aviation, Wasilla, Alaska, and according to the director of operations, the flight was part of a contract conducting bird research. The purpose of the flight was to scout conditions in the local area, and the next day they plan…
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- 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
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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