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A Hughes 269 300 series helicopters, the same model family as N90586
A Hughes 269 300 series helicopters like this one, not N90586 itself. Photo: Alf van Beem, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Pictures of N90586 itself may be on Planespotters · JetPhotos · Airliners.net. Operator or owner? Send your own picture.
Registered aircraft · FAA record as of November 2, 2026
N90586

Hughes 269A

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesFlorida

N90586 is a Hughes 269A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Ocala, Florida. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 31, 2014 and expires on December 31, 2027. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated September 10, 1993.

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Aircraft

Maker
Hughes
Model
269A · all 269As and related versions
Built of
steel tube and aluminium
A welded steel-tube frame carries the loads, with aluminium (and some fibreglass) skins over it. An open steel-tube frame. This is how the Hughes 269 300 series helicopters 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
64-18014
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
Not given
Cruising speed
65 mph
Transponder code
AC854E (octal 53102516)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
December 31, 2014
Expires
December 31, 2027
Last FAA action
April 7, 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 · September 10, 1993
FAA region
SouthernFAA region code 7 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
00481261

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Lauff Samuel JR
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
9057 SE 72Nd Ave
Ocala, FL 34472-9202

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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

—Beech 35 · Valid registration

Connections how N90586 links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
  • Lycoming HIO-360 series 390 aircraft with this engine series · 205 hp
  • Type certificate 4H12 · held by Schweizer Rsg LLC
Place

The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/aircraft/N90586.json.

Records check free · 1 to understand · 3 clear

The public federal record on N90586, 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.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Lauff Samuel JR, an individual, certificate issued December 31, 2014, expires December 31, 2027. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Standard certificate for normal; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 64-18014 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N90586 was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Beech 35 (serial D-125, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

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]

CLEARAccident and incident record

No NTSB investigation records located under N90586. CLEAR means the query ran and returned nothing, not that nothing ever happened. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 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, November 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data