# N4TP: Hughes Helicopters 369E, registration cancelled 1996-10-09

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 9, 1996
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Hughes Helicopters 369E](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-369e) (registry code 4470707)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 0129E
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: May 6, 1986
- Last registry action: March 16, 1995
- Mode S code: A4A9A6
- Owner when cancelled: [City Of Tampa Police Dept](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CITY%20OF%20TAMPA%20POLICE%20DEPT)
- Location: [Tampa, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Tampa)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 27.9537° N, 82.4563° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33602, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4TP
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4TP
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4TP-1996-10-09

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 Helicopters 369E: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-369e.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 MIA95GA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA95GA062), Jan 19, 1995: Hughes 369E (N4TP), Tampa, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRCRAFT CONTROL AS A RESULT OF BECOMING SPATIALLY DISORIENTED WHILE MANEUVERING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE DARK NIGHT WITH NO VISIBLE HORIZON.

## 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 19950118017069A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950118017069A), Jan 18, 1995: Hughes 369E (N4TP), Tampa, FL, Destroyed. While flying low over bay searching for drowning victim. Collided with the water. Spatial disorientation factor.

## Other aircraft with N4TP

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4TP): Prevost Thomas A RANS S-19, S/N 011000087, built 2011

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