# N1608D: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: December 20, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1608D
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1608D

## Aircraft that carried N1608D

- [Cancelled 2013-12-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1608D-2013-12-20): Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E, S/N 0434E, built 1990. Owner: [Freelance Air](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FREELANCE%20AIR), [Atlanta, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Atlanta)

## NTSB investigations on N1608D (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA13TA341](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13TA341), Jul 29, 2013: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E (N1608D), Jackson, KY, destroyed. Probable cause: The helicopter pilot's inadvertent collision with an unmarked and uncharted utility wire of which he was unaware.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N1608D (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20130729014979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130729014979A), Jul 29, 2013: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E (N1608D), Jackson, KY, Destroyed. A MD-369 helicopter was operating in the vacinity of Jackson, KY when it struck a unmarked high tension wire strung between to ridges causing loss of control…

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