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Hughes 269C
N34LB is a Hughes 269C, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1978. It has 3 seats. It is registered to Venture Helicopters LLC, an LLC in West Lafayette, Indiana. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 30, 2022 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 1, 2009.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes
- Model
- 269C · all 269Cs 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 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
- 780714
- 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-D1A · 190 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 64 mph
- Transponder code
- A3BBF1 (octal 50735761)
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 30, 2022
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 22, 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 1, 2009
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00293299
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Venture Helicopters 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
- 1281 Win Hentschel Blvd Ste 1300
West Lafayette, IN 47906-4360
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 1
Connections how N34LB links to the rest of the register
- Hughes 269 300 series helicopters 207 registered
- Hughes 386 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-D1A 41 aircraft with this engine series · 190 hp
- Type certificate 4H12 · held by Schweizer Rsg LLC
- Venture Helicopters LLC 1 aircraft registered to this organisation
- West Lafayette, IN 92 aircraft registered in this town
- Indiana 5,697 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Hughes 269 300 series helicopters 54 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Hughes 269 300 series helicopters 214 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Hughes 269 300 series helicopters 64 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming HIO-360-D1A 28 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming HIO-360-D1A 78 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Sensor, detached · 2014-08-23
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N34LB.json.
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The public federal record on N34LB, 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 Venture Helicopters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued March 30, 2022, expires March 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 1, 2009, 31 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 780714 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N34LB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Schleicher ASW-20 (serial 20342, cancelled August 28, 2004). 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]
2 NTSB records under N34LB: Accident on September 20, 2010 at Schaumburg, IL: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on June 15, 2003 at Idyllwild, CA: minor 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: Schweizer 269C · operated under 091
The in-flight separation of the left aft cluster fitting assembly following the loss of torque on the lock nut due to a manufacturing defect.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schleicher ASW-20 · operated under 091
The combined effects of a loss of thermal lift and a gust induced loss of airspeed at a low above ground altitude, which resulted in a descent to impact with trees. The pilot's failure to maintain an adequate terrain clearance margin while cruising in mountainous terrain was a factor.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 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 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data