# N6636H: Hughes OH-6A, registration cancelled 2005-02-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 16, 2005
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Hughes OH-6A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-oh-6a) (registry code 4470905)
- Data sheets: [TCDS H3WE](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/H3WE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 6716209
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: May 13, 1996
- Last registry action: August 19, 2003
- Mode S code: A8C290
- Owner when cancelled: [United States Border Patrol Air Operations](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/UNITED%20STATES%20BORDER%20PATROL%20AIR%20OPERATIONS)
- Location: [El Paso, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/El%20Paso)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 31.8090° N, 106.4195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 79906, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6636H
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=6636H
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6636H-2005-02-16

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 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 OH-6A: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-oh-6a.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 LAX03TA150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03TA150), May 12, 2003: Hughes OH 6A (N6636H), Pan Tak, AZ, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot in command's failure to adequately secure loose cargo (a jacket), which resulted in the jacket colliding with the tail rotor during cruise flight, and the subsequent separation of the tail…

## 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 20030512010529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030512010529A), May 12, 2003: Hughes OH6A (N6636H), Pantak, AZ, Destroyed. (-23) On may 12, 2003, a Hughes oh 6A, public-use helicopter operated by the U.S. Border patrol collided with terrain and was destroyed. The pilot reported…

## Other aircraft with N6636H

- [Cancelled 1989-09-12](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6636H-1989-09-12): Beech 77, S/N WA32. Triennial form not returned
- [Cancelled 1969-09-17](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6636H-1969-09-17): Piper J3C-65, S/N 19842. Exported to Canada. Owner: [Feuerhelm Jerry E](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FEUERHELM%20JERRY%20E), [Willow City, ND](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ND/Willow%20City)

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