Hughes TH-55
N8045H is a Hughes TH-55, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to A And J Aviation Services LLC, an LLC in Titusville, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on July 25, 2023 and expires on July 31, 2030. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes
- Model
- TH-55 · all TH-55s and related versions
- Serial number
- 65-18240
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor
- Seats
- 2
- Year built
- Not given
- Transponder code
- AAF3C8 (octal 52571710)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- July 25, 2023
- Expires
- July 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- July 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- None on file
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00290572
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- A And J Aviation Services LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 3442 Zaharis Pl
Titusville, FL 32780-5210
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.
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N8045H, 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 A And J Aviation Services LLC, an LLC, certificate issued July 25, 2023, expires July 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
No airworthiness certificate is on file. Usual for a newly registered aircraft, a project, or an aircraft that has not flown since a change of registration; ask for the certificate. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 65-18240 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8045H 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]
3 NTSB records under N8045H: Accident on June 1, 2024 at Danbury, NH: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on March 13, 2019 at Keene, NH: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 12, 1998 at Alexandria Bay, NY: 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 3
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 269A · operated under 091
The pilot’s inadequate compensation for the prevailing wind conditions, which resulted in a loss of control during landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for ERA24LA242 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes TH 55 · operated under 091
The helicopter’s collision with a bird during cruise flight.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for GAA19CA168 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 269A · operated under 091
Failure of the pilot to maintain rotor rpm during practice autorotation, and the flight instructor's inadequate supervision.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for IAD98LA057 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