Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D
N105AC is a Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Agricultural Air Services LLC, an LLC in Jupiter, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 31, 2022 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 27, 2020.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes Helicopters Inc
- Model
- HUGHES 369D · all HUGHES 369Ds and related versions
- Serial number
- 580316D
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C20B · 420 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A0174A (octal 50013512)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- January 31, 2022
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · August 27, 2020
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00691665
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Agricultural Air Services LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 3161 SE Chandelle Rd
Jupiter, FL 33478-1909
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 2
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N105AC, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Agricultural Air Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued January 31, 2022, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated August 27, 2020, 42 years after the 1978 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 580316D for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N105AC was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB (serial 647-91, cancelled September 25, 2013); Dehavilland DHC-6-300 (serial 659, cancelled April 11, 1988). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N105AC: Accident on January 22, 2026 at North Augusta, SC: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 18, 2010 at Sebewaing, MI: fatal, substantial damage (2 fatal). Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369 · operated under 133
On January 22, 2026, at 1600 eastern standard time, a Hughes 369D, N105AC, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near North Augusta, South Carolina. The pilot was not injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 133 external load flight. The pilot reported that about 45 minutes into conducting tree trimming operations an engine chips caution light illuminated. The pilot was attempting to return to the landing zone when the engine torque and temperature began to fluctuate, and the helicopter subsequently experienced a total loss of…
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA26LA097 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: American Champion Aircraft 8KCAB · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed and aircraft control following a loss of engine power after takeoff.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN11FA029 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data