N5161E
N5161E is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Hughes 269A. The FAA cancelled the registration on October 31, 1998. The last status on file was "valid registration".
Hughes 269A cancelled October 31, 1998
- Serial number
- 560559
- Type
- Rotorcraft · Piston (reciprocating)
- Year built
- —
- Last status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 17, 1997
- Last FAA action
- September 19, 1997
- Last owner
- Clark Ron A (Individual)
Boise, ID - Airworthiness
- None on file
NTSB accident and incident record under N5161E
SEA98LA063Accident on April 10, 1998 at Emmett, ID: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 269A · serial 56-0559
The instructor pilot's failure to maintain the proper rate of descent on landing. Factors were a sudden wind shift, the instructor pilot's lack of recent experience, and terrain drop-off.
A tail number passes between aircraft over the years; match the serial number on the NTSB record against the airframe above. Source: NTSB aviation accident database, records through September 30, 2026.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this number on the FAA site