Mcdonnell 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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Mcdonnell Douglas Heli Co
- Model
- 369FF · all 369FFs and related versions
- Serial number
- 0602FF
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250-C30 SER · 650 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- A6B1EF (octal 51530757)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 5, 2022
- Expires
- December 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- September 22, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 8, 1998
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00343826
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gulf Helicopters LLC
- Type
- LLC
- 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.
Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear
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]
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 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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR11GA115 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX04CA268 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
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data