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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes
- Model
- 269C · all 269Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 780714
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 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 registration
- Certificate issued
- March 30, 2022
- Expires
- March 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 1, 2009
- FAA region
- Great Lakes
- FAA record id
- 00293299
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Venture Helicopters LLC
- Type
- LLC
- 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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN10LA560 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX03CA201 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
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 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data