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N797DM

Robinson Helicopter R44 II

Valid Kansas

N797DM is a Robinson Helicopter R44 II, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2007. It has 4 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Garden City, Kansas. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 6, 2014 and expires on August 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 10, 2007.

Aircraft

Maker
Robinson Helicopter (United States)
FAA spelling: ROBINSON HELICOPTER COMPANY
Model
R44 II
Serial number
11767
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming IO-540-AE1A5 · 260 hp
Seats
4
Year built
2007
Transponder code
AAD25D (octal 52551135)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
August 6, 2014
Expires
August 31, 2027
Last FAA action
March 10, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · May 10, 2007
FAA region
Central
FAA record id
00336089

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lightner Gerald
Type
Co-owned
Address
11480 S Beefland Rd
Garden City, KS 67846
Co-owners
Lightner Kyle

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

2002-08-06Mcelwee William Derr FISHER CLASSIC · 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