# N8497Y: Robinson Helicopter R22 ALPHA, registration cancelled 2000-02-22

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 22, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Robinson Helicopter R22 ALPHA](https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-alpha) (registry code 7640104)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H10WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H10WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 0408
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: January 18, 1994
- Last registry action: January 18, 2000
- Mode S code: ABA4AC
- Owner when cancelled: [Hunts Hashknife Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HUNTS%20HASHKNIFE%20HELICOPTERS%20INC)
- Location: [Seymour, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Seymour)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 33.6030° N, 99.2136° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 76380, within about 17 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8497Y
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8497Y
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8497Y-2000-02-22

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Robinson Helicopter R22 ALPHA: https://openairdocs.org/model/robinson-helicopter-r22-alpha.md

## Service difficulty reports (1)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 97ZZZX3104](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX3104), Jun 24, 1997: VALVE. CRIMP NUT LOOSE. DURING A00-HOUR INSPECTION OF OIL SCREEN, FOUND NUT ON END OF VERNATHERM THERMOSTATIC VALVE WAS LOOSE. ACCORDING TO LYCOMING SB 518C, THIS PART NUMBER AND SERIA

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN99LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA163), Sep 18, 1999: Robinson R22A (N8497Y), Tucumcari, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate visual lookout. A factor was a reduced visual detection due to background vegetation and terrain.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19990918030709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990918030709A), Sep 18, 1999: Robsin R22ALPHA (N8497Y), Tucumcari, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On September 18, 1999, at 1330 MDT, a Robinson R-22-alpha helicopter, N8497Y, registered to hunts hashknife helicopters, inc., and flown by russell g.…

## Other aircraft with N8497Y

- [Cancelled 1967-12-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8497Y-1967-12-01): Piper PA-30, S/N 30-1579, built 1967. Exported to Australia. Owner: [Moody Walter P](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MOODY%20WALTER%20P), [Lock Haven, PA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/PA/Lock%20Haven)

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