Piston helicopter

N162RY

2025 Homebuilt RY162

Registered No accidents on file
Built
2025
Serial
AS-ROT-04
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Aviation Services of Tn Inc (Corporation)
Based
Sparta, TN
Registration record

N162RY on the FAA register

Type
2025 Homebuilt RY162
Serial
AS-ROT-04
Engines
Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG
Registered owner
Aviation Services of Tn Inc
Sparta, TN
Certificate issued
2024-12-06
Airworthiness date
2026-02-09
Registration expires
2031-12-31
Airworthiness class
Experimental · amateur-built
Mode S (hex)
A0FAAA
Mode S (octal)
50175252
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2031-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-02-09
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (amateur-built)).
  • 2025
    Manufactured (2025).
  • 2024-12-06
    Certificate of registration issued as N162RY to the current registrant.
  • 2009-08-31
    N162RY previously assigned to a Homebuilt Rotorway 162F (s/n 6673); cancelled.
Overview

About N162RY

N162RY is a 2025 Homebuilt RY162, serial number AS-ROT-04. The FAA register lists Aviation Services of Tn Inc as the registrant in Sparta, Tennessee. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 6, 2024 and expires on December 31, 2031.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Ama/Expr UNKNOWN ENG engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (amateur-built), dated February 9, 2026.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N162RY. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2009-06-05 Accident · Berlin, VT Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · ERA09LA323
Reported aircraft: York Ronald J Rotorway 162F — a different aircraft that carried the N162RY registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: A loss of control in flight for undetermined reasons.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.