# N8395F: 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: February 20, 2018
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8395F
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8395F

## Aircraft that carried N8395F

- [Cancelled 2018-02-20](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8395F-2018-02-20): Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D, S/N 880339D, built 1978. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Heli Tech Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HELI%20TECH%20INC), [Panama City, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Panama%20City)

## NTSB investigations on N8395F (2)

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 LAX96FA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA076), Dec 20, 1995: Hughes 369D (N8395F), Feather Falls, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to jettison his external load after it came in contact with trees and terrain. The pilot's failure to maintain altitude/clearance above trees and hilly terrain was a related…
- [NTSB ANC92LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC92LA090), Jun 10, 1992: McDonnell Douglas MD-500D (N8395F), Polk Inlet, AK, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURE AND THE COMPANY'S INADEQUATE PROCEDURES AND DIRECTIVES. A FACTOR WAS THE UNEVEN TERRAIN.

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8395F (2)

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 19951220041569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951220041569A), Dec 20, 1995: Hughes 369D (N8395F), Feather Falls, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Picked up a load of choker cables. Observed in trouble. Flat spin. Crashed in trees. Appears tail rotor shaft broke
- [Accident 19920610019429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920610019429A), Jun 10, 1992: Hughes 369D (N8395F), Polk Inlet, AK, Substantial damage. Tail rotor hit tundra, rocked after landing. Looked ok,took off for base. Lost tail rotor control. Landed in water.

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