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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Mcdonnell Douglas Heli Co 369FF
N530RL is a Mcdonnell Douglas Heli Co 369FF, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Gulf Helicopters LLC, an LLC in Santa Fe, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 5, 2022 and expires on December 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 8, 1998.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Mcdonnell Douglas Heli Co
- Model
- 369FF · all 369FFs 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 Heli Co 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
- 0602FF
- 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-C30 SER · 650 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A6B1EF (octal 51530757)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- December 5, 2022
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 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 · October 8, 1998
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00343826
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gulf Helicopters 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
- 8426 Fm 2004 Rd
Santa Fe, TX 77510-8494
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N530RL links to the rest of the register
- Mcdonnell Douglas Heli Co 369 17 registered
- Mcdonnell Douglas Heli Co 21 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-C30 series 224 aircraft with this engine series · 650 hp
- Type certificate H3WE · held by MD Helicopters INC (Mdhi)
- Gulf Helicopters LLC 9 aircraft in the fleet
- Santa Fe, TX 30 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,986 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N530RL, 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 Gulf Helicopters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued December 5, 2022, expires December 31, 2029. 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 0602FF for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N530RL according to the deregistered file. [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 N530RL: Accident on January 31, 2011 at Marana, AZ: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on July 16, 2004 at Lihue, HI: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas Heli CO 369FF · operated under PUBU
An inadvertent tail rotor strike during an attempted pinnacle landing, which resulted in the pilot's loss of control of the helicopter. Inhospitable terrain/topography contributed to the severity of the accident.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas 369FF · operated under 133
The pilot misjudging the clearance between the tree and the main rotor blades. Contributing factors to the accident were the high workload of the pilot and his lack of experience with bambi bucket operations.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 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, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data