Hughes 269C
N58397 is a Hughes 269C, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1979. It has 3 seats. It is registered to an individual in Atlanta, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 20, 2015 and expires on May 31, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated October 13, 1979.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes
- Model
- 269C · all 269Cs and related versions
- Serial number
- 1090833
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming HIO-360 SER · 205 hp
- Seats
- 3
- Year built
- 1979
- Cruising speed
- 64 mph
- Transponder code
- A784C0 (octal 51702300)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- May 20, 2015
- Expires
- May 31, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 12, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · October 13, 1979
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00111705
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Frost Darrell G
- Type
- Individual
- Address
- 1001 W Main St
Atlanta, TX 75551-2021
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
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 · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N58397, 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 Frost Darrell G, an individual, certificate issued May 20, 2015, expires May 31, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated October 13, 1979, consistent with the 1979 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 1090833 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N58397 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Boeing A75 (serial 75-184, cancelled August 6, 1956). 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]
3 NTSB records under N58397: Accident on July 21, 2015 at Atlanta, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 1, 1999 at Utica, NY: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on July 2, 1984 at Mt. St. Helens, WA: minor injuries, destroyed. 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 269C · operated under 091
The non-helicopter rated pilot's improper landing flare, which resulted in impact with terrain.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA15CA197 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 269C · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the helicopter while maneuvering, which resulted in a hard landing. A factor in this accident was the pilot's lack of total experience in helicopters.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for NYC99LA217 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 269C · operated under 091
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA84LA153 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