Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D
N715KV is a Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1979. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Aa Leasing LP, a partnership in Kilauea, Hawaii. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 21, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated November 6, 2023.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes Helicopters Inc
- Model
- HUGHES 369D · all HUGHES 369Ds and related versions
- Serial number
- 490487D
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Rolls-Royc M250 SERIES · 420 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1979
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- A98F95 (octal 52307625)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 21, 2023
- Expires
- July 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- July 21, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · November 6, 2023
- FAA region
- Western-Pacific
- FAA record id
- 00422994
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Aa Leasing LP
- Type
- Partnership
- Address
- PO Box 1416
Kilauea, HI 96754-1416
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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 N715KV, 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 Aa Leasing LP, a partnership, certificate issued July 21, 2023, expires July 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated November 6, 2023, 44 years after the 1979 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 490487D for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N715KV 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 N715KV: Accident on March 27, 2026 at Haena, HI: fatal, substantial damage (3 fatal). 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 369D · operated under 135
On March 26, 2026, about 1539 Hawaii standard time, a Hughes 369D helicopter, N715KV, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Haena, Hawaii. The pilot and one passenger sustained serious injuries, and three passengers were fatally injured. The helicopter was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 revenue sightseeing flight. The helicopter departed Lihue Airport (LIH), Lihue, Hawaii, about 1512 for a local sightseeing tour. It was scheduled for the sixth and final flight of the day. The flight was uneventful until it reached the northern shore of …
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for WPR26FA141 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