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A Hughes 269 300 series helicopters, the same model family as N267RW
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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 29, 2026
N267RW

Hughes 269B

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesWashington

N267RW is a Hughes 269B, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1964. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Othello, Washington. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 2, 2019 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 8, 1964.

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Aircraft

Maker
Hughes
Model
269B · all 269Bs and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. An open steel-tube frame. This is how the Hughes 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
0047
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 I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
3
Year built
1964
Cruising speed
64 mph
Transponder code
A29A8A (octal 50515212)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
March 2, 2019
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 21, 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 · April 8, 1964
FAA region
Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00374828

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Koelzer Galen G
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
3841 Filbert Rd
Othello, WA 99344-9313

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.

Connections how N267RW links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming IO-360 series 8,559 aircraft with this engine series · 180 hp
  • Type certificate 4H12 · held by Schweizer Rsg LLC
Place

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The public federal record on N267RW, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Koelzer Galen G, an individual, certificate issued March 2, 2019, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal, dated April 8, 1964, consistent with the 1964 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0047 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

CLEARTail number reuse

No other airframe has carried N267RW according to the deregistered file. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

1 NTSB record under N267RW: Accident on September 27, 1995 at Hoover, AL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 1

ATL95LA175Accident on September 27, 1995 at Hoover, AL: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 1351

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer 269C · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control when he positioned the helicopter in a hover so as to induce a loss of tail rotor effectiveness.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 29, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 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 29, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data