Schweizer 269C
N557DC is a Schweizer 269C, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1993. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Las Vegas, Nevada. The registration is valid: it was issued on February 9, 2015 and expires on February 29, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated January 11, 1993.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Schweizer
- Model
- 269C · all 269Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- S1630
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming HIO-360 SER · 205 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1993
- Transponder code
- A719BA (octal 51614672)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- February 9, 2015
- Expires
- February 29, 2028
- Last FAA action
- April 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · January 11, 1993
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00884122
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Joslyn Larry J
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 9632 Camden Hills Ave
Las Vegas, NV 89145-8621
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
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The public federal record on N557DC, 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 Joslyn Larry J, an individual, certificate issued February 9, 2015, expires February 29, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated January 11, 1993, consistent with the 1993 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial S1630 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N557DC 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 N557DC: Accident on June 13, 2018 at Las Vegas, NV: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on October 15, 1997 at Grand Forks, ND: 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: Schweizer 269C · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to take the appropriate corrective action for ground resonance, which resulted in a loss of helicopter control.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR18LA170 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Schweizer 269C · operated under 091
the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in a low fuel state, and his inability to see the wire which the helicopter contacted. Factors associated to the accident were the precautionary landing, the dark night conditions, and the wire which was contacted.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CHI98LA021 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