{"airworthiness_class":"Standard","airworthiness_date":"1978-05-04","airworthiness_ops":"Normal","category":"conventional","cert_issue_date":"2016-08-03","city":"GEORGETOWN","country_code":"US","county_code":"043","cruise_speed_mph":112,"data_date":"2026-10-02","documents":[],"eng_mfr_mdl":"03013","engine_horsepower":400,"engine_maker":"ALLISON","engine_model":"250 SER 400HP","engine_thrust_lb":0,"expiration_date":"2029-08-31","fractional_owner":0,"is_company":1,"is_electric":0,"is_unmanned_cert":0,"kind":"helicopters","kit_mfr":"","kit_model":"","last_action_date":"2023-08-25","maker":"Hughes Helicopters Inc","maker_country":null,"maker_raw":"HUGHES HELICOPTERS INC","maker_segment":null,"mfr_mdl_code":"4470706","mode_s_code":"52655612","mode_s_hex":"AB5B8A","model":"HUGHES 369D","n_number":"N8306F","name":"ROTOR BLADE LLC","ntsb_checked":true,"ntsb_records":[{"city":"SOUTHBEND","damage":"SUBS","date":"1999-06-08","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"SEA99LA082","probable_cause":"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.","registration":"N8306F","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on June 8, 1999 at Southbend, WA: minor injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"MOCLIPS","damage":"SUBS","date":"1997-05-21","highest_injury":"NONE","ntsb_no":"SEA97LA118","probable_cause":"Inadequate installation of the fuel control by company maintenance personnel and a loose nut on a line.  A disconnected Pc line was a factor.","registration":"N8306F","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on May 21, 1997 at Moclips, WA: no injuries, substantial damage.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"KELSO","damage":"","date":"1990-05-21","highest_injury":"FATL","ntsb_no":"SEA90LA081","probable_cause":"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.","registration":"N8306F","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on May 21, 1990 at Kelso, WA: fatal.","type":"ACC"},{"city":"TAHOLAH","damage":"DEST","date":"1985-02-04","highest_injury":"MINR","ntsb_no":"SEA85LA053","probable_cause":"","registration":"N8306F","state":"WA","summary":"Accident on February 4, 1985 at Taholah, WA: minor injuries, destroyed.","type":"ACC"}],"num_engines":1,"other_names":"","plain_english":"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.","records_check":[{"finding":"Valid registration to Rotor Blade LLC, an LLC, certificate issued August 3, 2016, expires August 31, 2029. No fractional interest recorded.","item":"Registration and identity","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"Standard certificate for normal, dated May 4, 1978, consistent with the 1978 manufacture year.","item":"Airworthiness certificate","source":1,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 380274D for this model in the deregistered file.","item":"Prior registrations of this airframe","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"finding":"No other airframe has carried N8306F according to the deregistered file.","item":"Tail number reuse","source":2,"status":"CLEAR"},{"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":"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.","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":"Southern","region_code":"7","registrant_type":"LLC","registrant_type_code":"7","seats":4,"serial_number":"380274D","source":"FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database","state":"SC","status":"Valid registration","status_code":"V","status_short":"Valid","street":"4272 S FRASER ST","street2":"","type_aircraft":"Rotorcraft","type_aircraft_code":"6","type_engine":"Turboshaft","type_engine_code":"3","unique_id":"00803431","url":"https://eflight.com/aircraft/N8306F","watchlist_group":null,"watchlist_note":null,"weight_class":"","year_mfr":1978,"zip":"294405198"}