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Deregistered · FAA record as of October 2, 2026
N521ZZ

N521ZZ is not currently registered. It was last assigned to a Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D. The FAA cancelled the registration on April 1, 1998. The last status on file was "triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the post office".

Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D cancelled April 1, 1998

Serial number
970190D
Type
Rotorcraft · Turboshaft
Year built
—
Last status
Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office
Certificate issued
February 2, 1995
Last FAA action
January 21, 1998
Last owner
Big Eye Helicopters INC (Corporation)
Tumon, GU
Airworthiness
None on file

NTSB accident and incident record under N521ZZ

LAX98LA079Accident on January 24, 1998 at Pacific Ocean, PO: fatal, destroyed (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369D · serial 970190D

The pilot's failure to adequately compensate for the wind condition and failure to maintain a proper rate of descent which resulted in the inadvertent loss of tail rotor effectiveness during a downwind turn.

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