Piston helicopter

N4017L

Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
4964
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
1
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Robinson Helicopter Co (Corporation)
Based
Torrance, CA
 Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters
Representative photo of a Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters. Not a photo of N4017L.
Registration record

N4017L on the FAA register

Type
Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters
Serial
4964
Engines
1
Registered owner
Robinson Helicopter Co
Torrance, CA
Certificate issued
—
Airworthiness date
—
Registration expires
—
Airworthiness class
—
Mode S (hex)
A4B3B0
Mode S (octal)
51131660
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Market asking range
$240,000 to $375,000
Middle half of 7 live Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters listings, 1990–2027 models (median $350,000). Asking prices, not an appraisal of N4017L.
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2018-08-16
    N4017L previously assigned to a Buckeye Aviation Dream Machine (s/n 16469); cancelled.
  • 1994-01-10
    N4017L previously assigned to a Raven S55A (s/n S55A823); cancelled.
Overview

About N4017L

N4017L is a Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters, serial number 4964. The FAA register lists Robinson Helicopter Co as the registrant in Torrance, California.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter and 2 seats.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N4017L. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

2017-04-02 Accident · Knoxville, TN Damage: Substantial Fatal injury NTSB · ERA17FA144
Reported aircraft: Buckeye Aviation Dream Machine — a different aircraft that carried the N4017L registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's decision to maneuver the aircraft at low altitude, towards rising terrain, which resulted in an inflight collision with trees.

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.