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N57U

Hiller UH-12A

N57U is a Hiller UH-12A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Rapid City, South Dakota. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 25, 2022 and expires on May 31, 2029. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Hiller
Model
UH-12A
Serial number
286
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
Seats
4
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
63 mph
Transponder code
A74DD2 (octal 51646722)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
May 25, 2022
Expires
May 31, 2029
Last FAA action
August 4, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file · July 13, 1963
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00390496

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Patten Jeffery D
Type
Co-owned
Address
224 E Saint Joseph St
Rapid City, SD 57701-2917
Co-owners
Patten Sandra L

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