Hughes 269A
N653CH is a Hughes 269A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1965. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Kelley Aviation Consultants LLC, an LLC in S Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on September 11, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 21, 1987.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes
- Model
- 269A · all 269As and related versions
- Serial number
- 96-0653
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming HIO-360 SER · 205 hp
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1965
- Cruising speed
- 65 mph
- Transponder code
- A89819 (octal 52114031)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- September 11, 2018
- Expires
- September 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- June 10, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · July 21, 1987
- FAA region
- Eastern
- FAA record id
- 00063450
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Kelley Aviation Consultants LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 2270 W Mountain Ave
S Williamsport, PA 17702-6828
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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 N653CH, 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 Kelley Aviation Consultants LLC, an LLC, certificate issued September 11, 2018, expires September 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 21, 1987, 22 years after the 1965 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 96-0653 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N653CH 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 N653CH: Accident on August 25, 2019 at Shamokin, PA: 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 269A · operated under 091
The pilot's improper landing flare during an autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was a loss of engine power for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination revealed no evidence of any preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the helicopter that would have precluded normal operation.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA514 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