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A Robinson R44, the same model family as N99645
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026
N99645

Robinson Helicopter R44 II

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesAlaska

N99645 is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2013. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Alpine Air Alaska LLC, an LLC in Girdwood, Alaska. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 6, 2018 and expires on July 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated February 22, 2013.

Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Alpine Air Alaska LLC, so it can be flown for hire.

Where is it now Last seen October 13 at 10:45 am.

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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 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 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
13448
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
2013
Transponder code
ADEBEF (octal 53365757)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
July 6, 2018
Expires
July 31, 2028
Last FAA action
May 26, 2023
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 · February 22, 2013
FAA region
AlaskanFAA region code 5 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01116191

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Alpine Air Alaska 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
PO Box 519
Girdwood, AK 99587-0519
Charter N99645 with Alpine Air Alaska LLC:

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

1965-08-12Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C · Valid registration

Connections how N99645 links to the rest of the register

Design
Flies for
Engine
  • Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 1,044 aircraft with this engine series · 260 hp
  • Type certificate H11NM · held by Robinson Helicopter CO
Owner
  • Alpine Air Alaska LLC 14 aircraft in the fleet
  • Holds an FAA aircraft dealer certificate · valid to October 1, 2027
Place
Airworthiness
Live

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N99645.json.

Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N99645, 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 Alpine Air Alaska LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 6, 2018, expires July 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated February 22, 2013, consistent with the 2013 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 13448 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N99645 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Engineering & Research ERCOUPE 415-C (serial 2268, cancelled August 12, 1965). 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 N99645: Accident on August 30, 2018 at Girdwood, AK: no injuries, substantial 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

GAA18CA534Accident on August 30, 2018 at Girdwood, AK: no injuries, substantial damage.

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Robinson R44 · operated under 135

The fisherman's fishing rod striking the helicopter’s rotating main rotor disk during loading.

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 November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. 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 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data