# N530FU: 1984 Hughes Helicopters 369FF, registration cancelled 2020-07-24

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: July 24, 2020
- Status when cancelled: Second renewal notice
- Airframe: [Hughes Helicopters 369FF](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-369ff) (registry code 4470709)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 0005F
- Year built: 1984
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Airworthiness: Restricted, agriculture and pest control, aerial surveying, forest, patrolling, other
- Airworthiness date: January 9, 1997
- Certificate issued: July 6, 2011
- Last registry action: March 13, 2017
- Mode S code: A6B0FD
- Owner when cancelled: [Air 1 Sandpoint Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/AIR%201%20SANDPOINT%20HELICOPTERS%20INC)
- Location: [Las Vegas, NV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NV/Las%20Vegas)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N530FU
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=530FU
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N530FU-2020-07-24

From the FAA registry file of November 4, 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 369FF: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-369ff.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 WPR18FA232](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA232), Aug 21, 2018: Hughes 369 (N530FU), Granger, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of both pilots to see and avoid a power line while maneuvering at low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's decision to not follow the training syllabus and…

## 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 20180821011969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180821011969A), Aug 21, 2018: Hughes Helicopters Inc 369FF (N530FU), Granger, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On August 21, 2018 at 1218 CDT, a Hughes 369FF bearing registration number N530FU, registered to air 1 sandpoint helicopters inc. hit power lines and crashed…

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