Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E
N8372F is a Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1991. It has 4 seats. It is registered to City Of Houston Police Department, a government body in Houston, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 24, 1991 and expires on January 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 15, 1991.
Aircraft
- Maker
- Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter
- Model
- 369E · all 369Es and related versions
- Serial number
- 0488E
- Type
- Rotorcraft
- Power
- Turboshaft, 1 motor · Allison 250-C20 SER · 420 hp
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1991
- Transponder code
- AB74FF (octal 52672377)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registration
- Certificate issued
- December 24, 1991
- Expires
- January 31, 2029
- Last FAA action
- July 7, 2023
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal · September 15, 1991
- FAA region
- Southwestern
- FAA record id
- 00473702
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- City Of Houston Police Department
- Type
- Government
- Address
- 8402 Larson Hobby Airport
Houston, TX 77061
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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
Records check free · 2 to understand · 3 clear
The public federal record on N8372F, 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 City Of Houston Police Department, a government body, certificate issued December 24, 1991, expires January 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated September 15, 1991, consistent with the 1991 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0488E for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
N8372F was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Hughes 369HS (serial 160791S, cancelled November 13, 1991). 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 N8372F: Accident on September 30, 2024 at Manvel, TX: no injuries, substantial damage. Accident on September 7, 2023 at Arcola, TX: 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 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E · operated under 091
The pilot’s improper recovery from a practice autorotation which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the instructor’s inadequate supervision of the pilot receiving instruction.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN24LA377 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E · operated under PUBU
The instructor’s failure to re-apply engine power during a power recovery after a practice autorotation which resulted in a hard landing.
Search the NTSB's CAROL system for CEN23LA404 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