# N395WM: Hughes 369HS, registration cancelled 2000-05-05

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: May 5, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Hughes 369HS](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (registry code 4470728)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 760828S
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: June 6, 1995
- Last registry action: September 30, 1998
- Mode S code: A4975C
- Owner when cancelled: [Vertical Air Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/VERTICAL%20AIR%20INC)
- Location: [Bessemer, AL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AL/Bessemer)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 33.3323° N, 86.9575° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 35022, within about 5 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N395WM
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=395WM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N395WM-2000-05-05

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Hughes 369HS: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs.md

## NTSB investigations (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 MIA00FA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA029), Nov 25, 1999: Hughes 369HS (N395WM), Helena, AL, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilots continued visual flight rules flight into instrument meteorological conditions resulting in his becoming spatially disoriented and loosing control of the helicopter, which resulted in an…

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 19991124044509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991124044509A), Nov 24, 1999: Hughes 369HS (N395WM), Helena, AL, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) At approx. 1915 CST, on November 24, 1999, a Hughes HU-369-HS, N395WM, registered to vertical air, inc. crashed in selby county, Alabama approx. 10 miles…

## Other aircraft with N395WM

- [Cancelled 2023-11-11](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N395WM-2023-11-11): Mejia Angel O CHALLENGER II, S/N 1337. Sale reported, canceled. Owner: [Goldsboro, NC](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NC/Goldsboro)

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