Robinson Helicopter R44 II
N987WH is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2004. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Alpha Aviation LLC, an LLC in Anchorage, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 26, 2021 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 3, 2018.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Robinson Helicopter (United States)FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
- Model
- R44 II · all R44 IIs and related versions
- Serial number
- 10551
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 · 260 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2004
- Transponder code
- ADC721 (octal 53343441)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- June 26, 2021
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · June 3, 2018
- FAA region
- Alaskan
- FAA record id
- 01224569
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Alpha Aviation LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 1842 Merrill Field Dr
Anchorage, AK 99501-4112
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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 N987WH, 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 Alpha Aviation LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 26, 2021, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated June 3, 2018, 14 years after the 2004 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 10551 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N987WH 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 N987WH: Accident on August 11, 2022 at Palmer, AK: minor 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson Helicopter Company R44 II · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to maintain lateral control during an off-field landing, which resulted in loss of control and an impact with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR22LA299 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- 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