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N491SA

Robinson Helicopter R44 II

N491SA is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2009. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Shier Aviation CORP DBA, a corporation in San Diego, California. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 10, 2009 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated June 16, 2009.

Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
Model
R44 II
Serial number
12831
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 · 260 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2009
Transponder code
A61560 (octal 51412540)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
July 10, 2009
Expires
October 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 24, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · June 16, 2009
FAA region
Western-Pacific
FAA record id
01027696

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shier Aviation CORP DBA
Type
Corporation
Address
3753 John J Montgomery Dr Ste 2
San Diego, CA 92123-1712
Co-owners
Corporate Helicopters Of San Diego

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

2005-06-02Douglas DC9-15 · exported to South Africa · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

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