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N1953R

Robinson Helicopter R44

Valid Texas

N1953R is a Robinson Helicopter R44, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Smith Helicopters INC, a corporation in Cotulla, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 11, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 26, 2017.

Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
Model
R44
Serial number
30018
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming O-540-F1B5 · 260 hp
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
A17D8F (octal 50276617)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 11, 2023
Expires
July 31, 2030
Last FAA action
July 11, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · April 26, 2017
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
01243675

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Smith Helicopters INC
Type
Corporation
Address
PO Box 398
Cotulla, TX 78014-0398

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

2009-07-10Raven S-50A · Registration certificate revoked

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data