# N39SH: 1987 Schweizer 269C, registration cancelled 2014-10-31

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 31, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Schweizer 269C](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (registry code 8059502)
- Engine: [Lycoming HIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (registry code 41524)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 4H12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4H12), [TCDS 1E10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: S1287
- Year built: 1987
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: September 3, 1987
- Last registry action: October 31, 2014
- Mode S code: A48208
- Owner when cancelled: [Trafficopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TRAFFICOPTERS%20INC)
- Location: [Valdosta, GA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GA/Valdosta)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 30.8682° N, 83.3423° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 31602, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39SH
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=39SH
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N39SH-2014-10-31

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 Schweizer 269C: https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c.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 ERA11LA428](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA428), Jul 29, 2011: Schweizer 269C (N39SH), Darlington, MD, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate maintenance of the helicopter's landing gear dampers, which resulted in a main rotor out-of-balance condition and ground resonance encounter.

## 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 20110729017649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110729017649A), Jul 29, 2011: Schweizer 269C (N39SH), Darlington, MD, Destroyed. N39SH was landing at one of the owners private heliports [privacy data omitted]. According to the pilot he touched down and reduced the collective and…

## Other aircraft with N39SH

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N39SH): Comanche Hills AL-18, S/N AL-369

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