{"airworthiness_class":"Restricted","airworthiness_date":"1987-05-28","airworthiness_ops":"Agriculture and pest control","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2026-05-12","city":"TABOR CITY","country_code":"US","county_code":"047","cruise_speed_mph":null,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"03020","engine_horsepower":420,"engine_maker":"ALLISON","engine_model":"250-C20 SER","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2033-05-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2026-05-12","maker":"Hughes Helicopters Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HUGHES HELICOPTERS INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"4470707","mode_s_code":"51513606","mode_s_hex":"A69786","model":"369E","n_number":"N5238C","name":"AVIATION ADVANTAGE INC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"TAFT","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-11-30","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"LAX00LA047","probable_cause":"The fatigue failure of a second stage compressor vane due to erosion, which resulted in a catastrophic engine failure. An inadequate inspection of the compressor section by company maintenance personnel during the last 300-hour inspection was also causal in this accident.  The maintenance personnel's failure to conduct the periodic recommended compressor washes was a factor.","registration":"N5238C","state":"CA","summary":"Accident on November 30, 1999 at Taft, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"N5238C is a Hughes Helicopters Inc 369E, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 4 seats. It is registered to Aviation Advantage INC, a non-citizen corporation in Tabor City, North Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 12, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033. It holds a restricted airworthiness certificate for agriculture and pest control, dated May 28, 1987.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Aviation Advantage INC, a non-citizen corporation, certificate issued May 12, 2026, expires May 31, 2033. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Restricted certificate for agriculture and pest control; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0151E for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"N5238C was previously assigned to 2 other aircraft: Cessna 210N (serial 21063722, cancelled October 15, 1980); Beech B35 (serial D-2583, cancelled December 6, 1965). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Recent registry documents","source":3,"status":"NOTE"},{"finding":"1 NTSB record under N5238C: Accident on November 30, 1999 at Taft, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below.","item":"Accident and incident record","source":4,"status":"ATTENTION"},{"finding":"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.","item":"Title chain, liens and 337 forms","source":null,"status":"PENDING"},{"finding":"AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.","item":"Airworthiness directives and utilization","source":null,"status":"PENDING"}],"records_check_sources":[{"n":1,"name":"FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":2,"name":"FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download)","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":3,"name":"FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks","url":"https://registry.faa.gov/"},{"n":4,"name":"NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL)","url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search"}],"region":"Eastern","region_code":"1","registrant_type":"Non-citizen corporation","registrant_type_code":"8","seats":4,"serial_number":"0151E","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"NC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"7144 RAMSEY FORD RD","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00923405","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N5238C","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":null,"zip":"284639319"}