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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 11, 2026Md Helicopters Inc 369FF
N530XX is a Md Helicopters Inc 369FF, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2000. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Ferguson and Sons Construction LLC, an LLC in Emmett, Idaho. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 17, 2024 and expires on April 30, 2031. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated April 28, 2010.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Md Helicopters Inc
- 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 Md Helicopters Inc 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
- 0710FF
- 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, 2 motors · Rolls-Royc 250-C30 · 650 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2000
- Transponder code
- A6B290 (octal 51531220)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- April 17, 2024
- Expires
- April 30, 2031
- Last FAA action
- April 17, 2024
- 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 · April 28, 2010
- FAA region
- Northwest MountainFAA region code S (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00003573
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Ferguson and Sons Construction 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
- 5225 Butte Rd
Emmett, ID 83617-5053
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N530XX links to the rest of the register
- Md Helicopters Inc 369 108 registered
- Md Helicopters Inc 146 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rolls-Royce 250-C30 76 aircraft with this engine series · 650 hp
- Type certificate H3WE · held by MD Helicopters INC (Mdhi)
- Ferguson And Sons Construction LLC 7 aircraft in the fleet
- Emmett, ID 48 aircraft registered in this town
- Emmett Municipal · S78
- Idaho 4,198 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Md Helicopters Inc 369 85 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Md Helicopters Inc 369 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Md Helicopters Inc 369 326 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Rolls-Royce 250-C30 19 airworthiness directives
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The public federal record on N530XX, 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 Ferguson and Sons Construction LLC, an LLC, certificate issued April 17, 2024, expires April 30, 2031. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated April 28, 2010, 10 years after the 2000 manufacture year. A re-issued certificate commonly follows export and re-import, a rebuild, or a return to the register after cancellation. The cause is documented in the FAA aircraft records file, which the full report obtains. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0710FF for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N530XX 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]
1 NTSB record under N530XX: Accident on March 9, 2026 at Mojave, CA: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: MD Helicopters INC 369FF · operated under 133
On March 9, 2026, about 1517 Pacific daylight time, an MD Helicopters 369FF, N530XX, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Mojave, California. The pilot was fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 133 external load flight. The helicopter was performing power line rope stringing operations between steel power transmission poles within a wind farm located in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains, about 6 miles west of Mojave. The helicopter was equipped with a side hook mounted to the left side of the airframe just below t…
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 11, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 11, 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 11, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data