Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D
N8306F is a Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1978. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Rotor Blade LLC, an LLC in Georgetown, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on August 3, 2016 and expires on August 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated May 4, 1978.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes Helicopters Inc
- Model
- HUGHES 369D · all HUGHES 369Ds and related versions
- Serial number
- 380274D
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250 SER 400HP · 400 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1978
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- AB5B8A (octal 52655612)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- August 3, 2016
- Expires
- August 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- August 25, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · May 4, 1978
- FAA region
- Southern
- FAA record id
- 00803431
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Rotor Blade LLC
- Type
- LLC
- Address
- 4272 S Fraser St
Georgetown, SC 29440-5198
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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 N8306F, 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 Rotor Blade LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 3, 2016, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated May 4, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 380274D for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8306F 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]
4 NTSB records under N8306F: Accident on June 8, 1999 at Southbend, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 21, 1997 at Moclips, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on May 21, 1990 at Kelso, WA: 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 4
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369D · operated under 133
The complete loss of power, due to a failure of the compressor impeller disk. Factors include the low altitude of the helicopter at the time of the power loss, and the need to autorotate in a confined area.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA99LA082 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369D · operated under 133
Inadequate installation of the fuel control by company maintenance personnel and a loose nut on a line. A disconnected Pc line was a factor.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA97LA118 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369D · operated under 133
FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO KEEP THE EXTERNAL LOAD CLEAR OF OBSTACLES (TREES). FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: FAILURE OF THE PILOT AND GROUND CREWMAN TO FOLLOW SAFETY PROCEDURES, AND THE PROXIMITY OF THE TREES.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA90LA081 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369D · operated under 133
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for SEA85LA053 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