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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D
N114HD 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 Windward Aviation INC, a corporation in Puunene, Hawaii. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 29, 1994 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated February 24, 1998.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Windward Aviation, Inc., so it can be flown for hire.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes Helicopters Inc
- Model
- HUGHES 369D · all HUGHES 369Ds and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 280261D
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Allison 250-C20 SER · 420 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A03BC2 (octal 50035702)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 29, 1994
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 131 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · February 24, 1998
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00273652
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Windward Aviation INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 596
Puunene, HI 96784-0596
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N114HD links to the rest of the register
- Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369 207 registered
- Hughes Helicopters Inc 241 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Windward Aviation, Inc. · charter operator
- Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-C20 series 530 aircraft with this engine series · 420 hp
- Type certificate H3WE · held by MD Helicopters INC (Mdhi)
- Windward Aviation INC 25 aircraft in the fleet
- Puunene, HI 15 aircraft registered in this town
- Hawaii 650 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-C20 series 747 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N114HD.json.
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The public federal record on N114HD, 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 Windward Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued September 29, 1994, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated February 24, 1998, 20 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 280261D for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N114HD according to the deregistered file. [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]
1 NTSB record under N114HD: Accident on August 13, 2006 at Lahaina, HI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369D · operated under 133
the pilot's failure to shut down the engine prior to exiting the helicopter resulting in the tail rotor contacting the ground. A contributing factor was the gusting wind conditions present at the accident site.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data