Hughes TH-55
N74914 is a Hughes TH-55, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1968. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Marienville, Pennsylvania. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 10, 2020 and expires on July 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated July 18, 1997.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes
- Model
- TH-55 · all TH-55s 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 TH-55 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
- 67-15442
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating)FAA type of engine code 1 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming HIO-360 SER · 205 hp
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- 1968
- Transponder code
- AA1691 (octal 52413221)
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 10, 2020
- Expires
- July 31, 2027
- Last FAA action
- March 4, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · NormalFAA certificate purpose code N (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · July 18, 1997
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00186001
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Tachoir Steven e
- Type
- IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 977 Watson Farm Rd
Marienville, PA 16239-6127
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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 N74914 links to the rest of the register
- Hughes TH-55 20 registered
- Hughes 387 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Lycoming HIO-360 series 390 aircraft with this engine series · 205 hp
- Type certificate 4H12 · held by Schweizer Rsg LLC
- Marienville, PA 3 aircraft registered in this town
- Pennsylvania 6,195 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Hughes TH-55 1 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Hughes TH-55 2 reports since 1995
- FAA orders naming the Lycoming HIO-360 series 20 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the Lycoming HIO-360 series 26 reports since 1995
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The public federal record on N74914, 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 Tachoir Steven e, an individual, certificate issued July 10, 2020, expires July 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
The airworthiness certificate on file is dated July 18, 1997, 29 years after the 1968 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 67-15442 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N74914 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Piper PA-31-350 (serial 31-7305034, cancelled June 14, 1973). 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]
2 NTSB records under N74914: Accident on May 19, 2012 at Pittsfield, PA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on December 9, 1997 at Bushnell, FL: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes TH-55 · operated under 091
The student pilot's failure to maintain helicopter control during an encounter with loss of tail rotor effectiveness.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes TH-55 · operated under 091
The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the trees during a hover. A factor was the pilot's diverted attention.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data