Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E
N516B is a Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to an individual in Chico, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 1, 2017 and expires on September 30, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 10, 2008. 1 document is on file: loan or lien (security agreement).
Aircraft
- Maker
- Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter
- Model
- 369E · all 369Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 0378E
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C20B · 420 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A677D2 (octal 51473722)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 1, 2017
- Expires
- September 30, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 17, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · April 10, 2008
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 01000908
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Richey Bradly L
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 469 County Road 1570
Chico, TX 76431-3732
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 1
Earlier use of this number 1
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
The public federal record on N516B, 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 Richey Bradly L, an individual, certificate issued September 1, 2017, expires September 30, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0378E for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N516B was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech A35 (serial D-1540, cancelled March 6, 2004). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]
1 loan or lien document received by the registry recently (September 9, 2026). The full title and lien picture is in the FAA aircraft records file. [3]
1 NTSB record under N516B: Accident on September 23, 1998 at Christmasvalley, OR: no 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 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Beech A35 · operated under 091
A jammed nose gear. A corroded cable and the failure of the owner to have an annual inspection performed on the airplane were factors.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA98LA186 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