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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 5, 2026Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D
N58251 is a Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Windward Aviation INC, a corporation in Puunene, Hawaii. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 13, 2006 and expires on October 31, 2027. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated March 28, 2012.
Listed on the FAA charter and air-taxi certificate of Windward Aviation, Inc., so it can be flown for hire.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes Helicopters Inc
- Model
- HUGHES 369D · all HUGHES 369Ds 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 Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 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
- 880317D
- 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 · Rolls-Royc 250-C20B · 420 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A78077 (octal 51700167)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- July 13, 2006
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- MultipleFAA airworthiness class code 6 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest controlFAA certificate purpose code 131 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · March 28, 2012
- FAA region
- Western-PacificFAA region code 4 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00151665
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Windward Aviation INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- PO Box 596
Puunene, HI 96784-0596
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Earlier use of this number 1
Connections how N58251 links to the rest of the register
- Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369 207 registered
- Hughes Helicopters Inc 241 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Windward Aviation, Inc. · charter operator
- Rolls-Royce 250-C20B 216 aircraft with this engine series · 420 hp
- Type certificate H3WE · held by MD Helicopters INC (Mdhi)
- Windward Aviation INC 25 aircraft in the fleet
- Puunene, HI 15 aircraft registered in this town
- Hawaii 650 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Rolls-Royce 250-C20B 21 airworthiness directives
- Report filed on this aircraft: Turbine, destroyed · 2008-09-11
- Report filed on this aircraft: Bearing, galled · 1997-12-02
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The public federal record on N58251, 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 Windward Aviation INC, a corporation, certificate issued July 13, 2006, expires October 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated March 28, 2012, 34 years after the 1978 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 880317D for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N58251 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: North American AT-6C (serial 88-9329, cancelled January 12, 1954). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [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 N58251: Accident on October 27, 2020 at Honolulu, HI: 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: Hughes 369 · operated under 133
A partial loss of engine power due to an obstructed fuel line as a result of the separation of the circlip from the pin used on the fuel start pump. The reason for the circlip separation could not be determined based on the available evidence.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 5, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 5, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data