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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 12, 2026Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D
N8612F is a Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369D, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1977. It has 4 seats. It is registered to Gulf Helicopters LLC, an LLC in Santa Fe, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on June 4, 2018 and expires on June 30, 2028. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 31, 1977.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Hughes Helicopters Inc
- Model
- HUGHES 369D · all HUGHES 369Ds 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 Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369 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
- 570142D
- Type
- RotorcraftFAA type of aircraft code 6 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurboshaftFAA type of engine code 3 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Allison 250 SER 250HP · 250 hp
- Fuel
- Jet A
- Seats
- 4
- Year built
- 1977
- Cruising speed
- 112 mph
- Transponder code
- ABD532 (octal 52752462)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- June 4, 2018
- Expires
- June 30, 2028
- Last FAA action
- May 19, 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 · August 31, 1977
- FAA region
- SouthwesternFAA region code 2 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 00182521
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Gulf Helicopters LLC
- Type
- LLCFAA type of owner code 7 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 8426 Fm 2004 Rd
Santa Fe, TX 77510-8494
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Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N8612F links to the rest of the register
- Hughes Helicopters Inc HUGHES 369 207 registered
- Hughes Helicopters Inc 241 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- Allison (Rolls-Royce) 250 series 446 aircraft with this engine series · 250 hp
- Type certificate H3WE · held by MD Helicopters INC (Mdhi)
- Gulf Helicopters LLC 9 aircraft in the fleet
- Santa Fe, TX 30 aircraft registered in this town
- Texas 29,986 aircraft registered
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The public federal record on N8612F, 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 Gulf Helicopters LLC, an LLC, certificate issued June 4, 2018, expires June 30, 2028. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for normal, dated August 31, 1977, consistent with the 1977 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 570142D for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N8612F 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 N8612F: Accident on January 9, 2021 at Winthrop, WA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]
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NTSB records 1
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Hughes 369D · operated under 091
The pilot’s failure to adequately monitor the environment which resulted in a collision with a snowbank and subsequent loss of control.
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