Piston helicopter

N8072X

1990 Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1990
Serial
1493
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC (LLC)
Based
Hillsboro, OR
1990 Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters
Representative photo of a Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters. Not a photo of N8072X.
Registration record

N8072X on the FAA register

Type
1990 Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters
Serial
1493
Engines
Lycoming O-320 series
Registered owner
Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC
Hillsboro, OR
Certificate issued
2014-12-10
Airworthiness date
1999-01-06
Registration expires
2027-12-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
AAFE92
Mode S (octal)
52577222
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2027-12-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2014-12-10
    Certificate of registration issued as N8072X to the current registrant.
  • 1999-01-06
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1995-10-04
    N8072X previously assigned to a Piper Dakota (s/n 287911308); cancelled.
  • 1990
    Manufactured (1990).
Overview

About N8072X

N8072X is a 1990 Robinson R22 BETA II Piston Helicopters, serial number 1493. The FAA register lists Hillsboro Aero Academy LLC as the registrant in Hillsboro, Oregon. The current certificate of registration was issued on December 10, 2014 and expires on December 31, 2027.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Lycoming O-320 series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated January 6, 1999.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8072X. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1995-08-03 Accident · Rehoboth, MA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · NYC95FA181
Reported aircraft: Piper PA-28-236 — a different aircraft that carried the N8072X registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into hazardous weather, which subsequently resulted in exceeding the design stress limits of the airplane and an in-flight breakup. Factors relating to the accident were: embedded thunderstorms, turbulence, and failure of the National Weather Service to issue a Convective SIGMET or a Center Weather Advisory.

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.