,_photo1.JPG)
Schweizer 269C-1
N21496 is a Schweizer 269C-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2009. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Danos Oilfield Service LLC, an LLC in Hobbs, New Mexico. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 14, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 14, 2009.
Where is it now checking the live feed…
Checking the volunteer receiver network for a recent position…
Aircraft broadcast their own position; volunteer receivers pool what they hear. Owners who have asked the FAA not to be displayed are not shown.
Flight history: where it flew in the last seven days · follow it on the live map
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- 269C-1 · all 269C-1s and related versions
- Built of
- steel tube and aluminiumA welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. An open steel-tube frame. This is how the Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters 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
- 0358
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming HIO-360-G1A · 180 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- A1CC10 (octal 50346020)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 14, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 14, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · May 14, 2009
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01028289
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Danos Oilfield Service LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 1890
Hobbs, NM 88241-1890
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 3
Connections how N21496 links to the rest of the register
- Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters 212 registered
- Schweizer 1,187 aircraft on the register
- Built of steel tube and aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming HIO-360-G1A 36 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
- Type certificate 4H12 · held by Schweizer Rsg LLC
- Danos Oilfield Service LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Hobbs, NM 46 aircraft registered in this town
- Lea County Regional · HOB
- New Mexico 3,108 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters 61 airworthiness directives
- Approved modifications for the Schweizer 269 300 series helicopters 64 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming HIO-360-G1A 17 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming HIO-360-G1A 8 reports since 1995
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N21496.json.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N21496, 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 Danos Oilfield Service LLC, an LLC, certificate issued May 14, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 14, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0358 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N21496 was previously assigned to 3 other aircraft: Cessna T206H (serial T20608422, cancelled December 17, 2003); Cessna 172M (serial 17263958, cancelled October 31, 1977); Piper J-3 (serial 2205, cancelled October 19, 1955). 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]
1 NTSB record under N21496: Accident on November 4, 2015 at Mount Pocono, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer 269C 1 · operated under 091
The student pilot's failure to remove the tension applied to the cyclic before takeoff, which resulted in a loss of directional control and the tail rotor striking the ground.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data