# N8500N: 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: May 11, 2015
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8500N
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8500N

## Aircraft that carried N8500N

- [Cancelled 2015-05-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8500N-2015-05-11): Hughes 369HS, S/N 1000263S, built 1970. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Mbk Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MBK%20INC), [Portland, OR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/OR/Portland)

## NTSB investigations on N8500N (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 LAX83FA420](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FA420), Sep 4, 1983: Hughes 369HS (N8500N), Ventura, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8500N (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 19830904045719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830904045719A), Sep 4, 1983: Hughes 369HS (N8500N), Ventura, CA, Destroyed. Helicopter crashed into ocean offshore in dark night. No mechanical defects. Pilot not rated in helicopters.

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