# N404Z: 1981 Hughes 269C, registration cancelled 2014-09-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: September 16, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Hughes 269C](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (registry code 4470504)
- 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: 1201007
- Year built: 1981
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Standard, normal
- Airworthiness date: September 16, 1983
- Certificate issued: January 22, 1985
- Last registry action: February 12, 1988
- Mode S code: A4BDBC
- Owner when cancelled: [Zero Four Zulu Partners](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/ZERO%20FOUR%20ZULU%20PARTNERS)
- Location: [Hinsdale, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Hinsdale)
- Owner type: Partnership
- Owner's area on the map: 41.8007° N, 87.9282° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 60521, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N404Z
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=404Z
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N404Z-2014-09-16

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 Hughes 269C: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-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 CHI85FA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85FA210), May 26, 1985: Hughes 300 (N404Z), Joliet, IL, destroyed

## 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 19850526020839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850526020839A), May 26, 1985: Hughes 269C (N404Z), Joliet, IL, Destroyed. Vibration progressed to ground resonance during aerial taxi. Struck the ramp several times and rolled onto side.

## Other aircraft with N404Z

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N404Z): Muehlberg Stephen E ZENITH STOL CH 750, S/N 75-10404, built 2025

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