N5861H2015 Robinson R66
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 19824 ADs may apply1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Higgins Leasing INC
- Owner type
- Corporation
- City, state
- The Woodlands, TX
- Certificate issued
- Jul 12, 2017
- Expires
- Jul 31, 2027
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Apr 10, 2015
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Robinson
- Model
- R66
- Year
- 2015
- Serial number
- 0612
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 5
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- R00015LA
- Mode S code
- A78EB5
Engine
- Make and model
- Rolls-Royc 250-C300/A1
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 300 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2017 – nowHiggins Leasing INCThe Woodlands, TX · current
- 1987 – 2013Individual ownerDouglasville, GA · different airframe: 1949 Piper Pa-16 S/N 16-481
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (4)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
| AD | Subject | Effective | Applies to |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-20-07 | Various Helicopters | Dec 5, 2024 | Airframe (R66)Only with: Only helicopters modified by the applicable STC (SR00831LA, SR00780LA, SR01687LA, SR00856LA, SR01855LA, SR02244LA, SR01779LA, SR01459LA, SR01535LA, SR00932LA, SR02049LA, SR02484LA, or SR01902LA). |
| 2021-04-12 | Robinson Helicopter Company Helicopters | Apr 12, 2021 | Airframe (R66)Only with: Tail rotor drive shaft assembly P/N D224-3 without B900-11 modification installed. |
| 2019-07-02 | Robinson Helicopter Company Helicopters | May 17, 2019 | Airframe (R66)Certain serial numbers: R66 0003–0789; R66 0791; R66 0794; R66 0796 |
| 2016-26-04 | Robinson Helicopter Company Helicopters | Feb 8, 2017 | Airframe (R66)Only with: R44/R44 II with main rotor blade P/N C016-7 Revision AA through AE installed; R66 with main rotor blade P/N F016-2 Revision A through E installed. |
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Engine indicating · none · noneJul 11, 2022
THE N1 SENSOR HAS SPHERICAL INDICATIONS. SENT ENGINE DIAGNOSTICS TO ROLLS ROYCE TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING NOTICEABLE. THEY SUGGESTED TO CLEAN THE CONTACTS AND CHECK IT. WE CLEANED THE CONTACTS, PERFORMED A GROUND RUN AND HOVER CHECK EVERYTHING OPERATED AS IT SHOULD. FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FOR ABOUT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026