Hughes 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.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes Helicopters Inc
- Model
- HUGHES 369D · all HUGHES 369Ds and related versions
- Serial number
- 880317D
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc 250-C20B · 420 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A78077 (octal 51700167)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 13, 2006
- Expires
- October 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 24, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · March 28, 2012
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00151665
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Windward Aviation INC
- Type
- Corporation
- 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
Records check free · 3 to understand · 2 clear
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]
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 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.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ANC21LA003 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
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, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data