# N52385: Hughes 300C

- Status: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Hughes 300C](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-300c) (registry code 4470731, 3 seats)
- Serial number: 240280
- Type: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Turbo-shaft
- Certificate issued: December 9, 2014
- Expires: December 31, 2027
- Mode S code: A697A1
- Registered owner: [Thomas L Chappell LLC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/THOMAS%20L%20CHAPPELL%20LLC)
- Location: [Barnwell, SC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/SC/Barnwell)
- Owner type: LLC
- Owner's area on the map: 33.2144° N, 81.3834° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 29812, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft is based
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=52385
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N52385

From the FAA registry file of October 24, 2026. ADs below are matched by the registry's airframe and engine model codes. They may apply; each AD's applicability can narrow it by serial number, part number or installed equipment. This is not a compliance determination.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs): 0 in force

### Matched by airframe (Hughes 300C)

None in force.

## Information bulletins (advisory)

None matched.

## NTSB investigations

None matched to N52385.

## FAA accident and incident reports

None matched to N52385.

## Reports on N52385 not matched to an aircraft (1)

They name N52385, but no registry record covers the date, the aircraft registered then was built later, or the report describes another aircraft.

- [Accident 19770616019479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770616019479A), Jun 16, 1977: Cessna 182P (N52385), Minor damage

## Service difficulty reports

None filed for this aircraft. Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

## STCs that may be installed (OpenAirDocs)

None matched to this aircraft's models.

## Earlier aircraft with N52385

The FAA can reassign an N-number once a registration is cancelled. These aircraft carried N52385 before.

- [Cancelled 1949-02-14](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52385-1949-02-14): Cessna T-50, S/N 2826. Owner: [Gillespie Jim DBA Gillespie Airways](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/GILLESPIE%20JIM%20DBA%20GILLESPIE%20AIRWAYS), [Nashville, TN](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TN/Nashville)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N52385-undated): Cessna 182P, S/N 18262568. Triennial form not returned

## Related

- Other Hughes 300C aircraft: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-300c/aircraft.md

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