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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 30, 2026Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E
N400MB is a Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1990. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Precision Heli-Support LLC, an LLC in Mesa, Arizona. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 24, 2018 and expires on April 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated December 21, 1990.
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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
- 0420E
- 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-C20 SER · 420 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1990
- Transponder code
- A4ADB6 (octal 51126666)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 24, 2018
- Expires
- April 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 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 · December 21, 1990
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00845241
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Precision Heli-Support 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
- 4702 e Fighter Aces Dr
Mesa, AZ 85215-2502
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 N400MB links to the rest of the register
- Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369 83 registered
- Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 135 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-C20 series 530 aircraft with this engine series · 420 hp
- Type certificate H3WE · held by MD Helicopters INC (Mdhi)
- Precision Heli-Support LLC 2 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Mesa, AZ 714 aircraft registered in this town
- Falcon Field · FFZ
- Arizona 8,422 aircraft registered
- Failure reports on the Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250-C20 series 747 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Shaft, sheared · 2007-11-06
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The public federal record on N400MB, 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 Precision Heli-Support LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 24, 2018, expires April 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated December 21, 1990, consistent with the 1990 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0420E for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N400MB was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Sikorsky S-76 (serial 760066, cancelled March 16, 1979). 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]
1 NTSB record under N400MB: Accident on April 21, 2010 at Newfane, VT: serious injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E · operated under 133
The pilot's inadvertent encounter with a rope while maneuvering during powerline operations for undetermined reasons.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 30, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 30, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data