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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of October 26, 2026Md Helicopters Inc 369FF
N556CP is a Md Helicopters Inc 369FF, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 2009. It has 4 seats. It is registered to City of Columbus, a government body in Columbus, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 15, 2009 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 9, 2009.
Where is it now Last seen October 19 at 8:22 pm.
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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
- 713FF
- 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-C20B · 420 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 2009
- Transponder code
- A715F5 (octal 51612765)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- September 15, 2009
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 10, 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 · July 9, 2009
- FAA region
- Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01025634
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- City of Columbus
- Type
- GovernmentFAA type of owner code 5 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- Division of Police
2130 W Broad St
Columbus, OH 43223-1167 - Co-owners
- Division of Police
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N556CP links to the rest of the register
- Md Helicopters Inc 369 108 registered
- Md Helicopters Inc 145 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Rolls-Royce 250-C20B 215 aircraft with this engine series · 420 hp
- Type certificate H3WE · held by MD Helicopters INC (Mdhi)
- City of Columbus 3 aircraft registered to this organisation
- Columbus, OH 280 aircraft registered in this town
- Bolton Field · TZR
- John Glenn Columbus International · CMH
- Ohio State University Airport · OSU
- Rickenbacker International · LCK
- Ohio 8,534 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Md Helicopters Inc 369 84 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Md Helicopters Inc 369 1 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Md Helicopters Inc 369 191 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the Rolls-Royce 250-C20B 21 airworthiness directives
- Where N556CP is now · Last seen October 19 at 8:22 pm.
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N556CP.json.
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The public federal record on N556CP, 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 City of Columbus, a government body, certificate issued September 15, 2009, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated July 9, 2009, consistent with the 2009 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 713FF for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N556CP 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 N556CP: Accident on October 29, 2007 at Columbus, OH: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.
NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E · operated under 091
The inadequate turbine wheel design that led to a turbine airfoil (blade) failure/separation, resulting in the loss of engine power.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 26, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through September 30, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 26, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data