# N49667: Hughes 500D, registration cancelled 2014-10-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 14, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Hughes 500D](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-500d) (registry code 4470806)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 1260067D
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: February 12, 1980
- Last registry action: July 8, 1989
- Mode S code: A629AC
- Owner when cancelled: [Simmons Drilling Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/SIMMONS%20DRILLING%20INC)
- Location: [Cut Bank, MT](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MT/Cut%20Bank)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 48.7467° N, 112.6566° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 59427, within about 21 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49667
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=49667
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49667-2014-10-14

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 500D: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-500d.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 DEN80FTC12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTC12), Apr 9, 1980: Hughes 369D (N49667), Chugwater, WY, 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 19800409008229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800409008229A), Apr 9, 1980: Hughes 369D (N49667), Chugwater, WY, Destroyed. Helicopter started to pull external load wire. Ground crew inadvertently put on tension. Wire hit rotors.

## Other aircraft with N49667

- [Cancelled 1955-11-28](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49667-1955-11-28): Boeing A75N1, S/N 75-4850. Owner: [Dawn Aerial Dust Spray Corp](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DAWN%20AERIAL%20DUST%20SPRAY%20CORP), [Washington, MI](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/MI/Washington)

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