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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N228VT

Troy W Tipton HUMMINGBIRD 300L

Valid Maryland

N228VT is a Troy W Tipton HUMMINGBIRD 300L, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ellicott City, Maryland. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 20, 2024 and expires on November 30, 2031. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Troy W Tipton
Model
HUMMINGBIRD 300L
Serial number
2001
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Kit
VERTICAL AVIATION TECHNOLOGIES HUMMINGBIRD 300L
Transponder code
A200A6 (octal 50400246)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 20, 2024
Expires
November 30, 2031
Last FAA action
November 20, 2024
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
01454395

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Tipton Troy W
Type
Individual
Address
4587 Roundhill Rd
Ellicott City, MD 21043-6759

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.

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