N1578F1981 Hughes HUGHES 369D
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched1 service difficulty report
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 20, 2026- Registered owner
- Heliservice LLC
- Owner type
- LLC
- City, state
- Wilmington, DE
- Certificate issued
- Oct 26, 2009
- Expires
- Aug 31, 2028
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Jul 8, 1981
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Hughes
- Model
- HUGHES 369D
- Year
- 1981
- Serial number
- 610957D
- Aircraft type
- Rotorcraft
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 4
- Engines
- 1
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Type certificate data sheet
- H3WE
- Mode S code
- A0E7A6
Engine
- Make and model
- Allison 250 Ser 250hp
- Type
- Turbo-shaft
- Power
- 250 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2009 – nowHeliservice LLCWilmington, DE · current
- until 1965Cessna Aircraft CompanyWichita, KS · different airframe: Cessna 185d S/N 185-0954
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 20, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (1)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Engine · bearing · failedSep 25, 2013
PILOT HEARD UNUSUAL NOISE DURING START, JUST BEFORE IGNITION, 10-12 PERCENT OF N1. DESCRIBED NOISE AS A "RUMBLING-GEAR TEETH OUT OF MESH" SOUND FROM ENGINE ACCESSORIES GEARBOX. MAGNETIC METAL DETECTORS WERE FUNCTIONING BUT THE CAUTIONARY LIGHT IN THE COCKPIT PANEL HAD NOT ILLUMINATED AT ANYTIME.…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 20, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 20, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026