Hughes 369A
N298SD is a Hughes 369A, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1968. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Csw LLC, an LLC in Anacoco, Louisiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 20, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 21, 2000.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes
- Model
- 369A · all 369As and related versions
- Serial number
- 280332
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250-C10D · 317 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1968
- Transponder code
- A314C6 (octal 50612306)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- April 20, 2022
- Expires
- April 30, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 28, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · September 21, 2000
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00525212
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Csw LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 9932 Highway 111
Anacoco, LA 71403-2700
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.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N298SD, 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 Csw LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 20, 2022, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated September 21, 2000, 32 years after the 1968 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 280332 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N298SD 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]
2 NTSB records under N298SD: Accident on April 8, 2016 at Weatherford, TX: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 30, 2009 at Baltimore, OH: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369 · operated under 091
The pilot/mechanic's inadequate postmaintenance and preflight inspections, which resulted in his failure to remove the antitorque pedal lock and a subsequent loss of control during hover operations.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA16LA182 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369A · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to attain a proper touchdown point, and his decision not to perform a go-around.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN09CA332 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data