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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 28, 2026Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E
N311VT is a Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1987. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Geco INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 20, 2020 and expires on February 28, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated March 10, 2020.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter
- Model
- 369E · all 369Es 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 Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 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
- 0229E
- 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-C20R/2 · 450 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1987
- Transponder code
- A34C75 (octal 50646165)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- February 20, 2020
- Expires
- February 28, 2030
- Last FAA action
- October 7, 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 · March 10, 2020
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00543831
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Geco 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
- 3511 Silverside Rd Ste 105
Wilmington, DE 19810-4902
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N311VT links to the rest of the register
- Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369 83 registered
- Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 136 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-C20R/2 8 aircraft with this engine series · 450 hp
- Type certificate H3WE · held by MD Helicopters INC (Mdhi)
- Geco INC 10 aircraft in the fleet
- Wilmington, DE 7,374 aircraft registered in this town
- New Castle Airport · ILG
- Delaware 10,962 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-C20R/2 66 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N311VT, 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 Geco INC, a corporation, certificate issued February 20, 2020, expires February 28, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 10, 2020, 33 years after the 1987 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 0229E for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N311VT 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 N311VT: Accident on October 4, 2016 at Waimea, HI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E · operated under 135
Impact of the lift cable after it exited the helicopter during liftoff with the main rotor (MR) blades, which resulted in the separation of an MR blade tip and the vertical vibration of the helicopter.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 28, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 28, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data