# N9518K: Hughes TH-55, registration cancelled 2013-03-26

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 26, 2013
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, canceled
- Airframe: [Hughes TH-55](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-th-55) (registry code 4471002)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 4H12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4H12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 66-18272
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Last registry action: January 8, 1992
- Mode S code: AD3BD8
- Location: [Odessa, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Odessa)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 28.1611° N, 82.6264° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 33556, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9518K
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9518K
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9518K-2013-03-26

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 TH-55: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-th-55.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 MIA00LA097](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00LA097), Feb 28, 2000: Hughes TH-55 (N9518K), Odessa, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's improper use of flight controls (cyclic and col lective) during a autorotation resulting in a hard landing and subsequent roll over.

## 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 20000228004549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000228004549A), Feb 28, 2000: Hughes TH55 (N9518K), Odessa, FL, Substantial damage. On February 29, 2000, at 1030 hrs. (EST), a Hughes 269 (TR55) helicopter owned by pasco county mosquito control and operated by[privacy data omitted]crashed…

## Other aircraft with N9518K

- [Cancelled 1977-07-19](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9518K-1977-07-19): Stinson 108-2, S/N 108-2518, built 1947. Owner: [Eils John Bernhardt Jr](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/EILS%20JOHN%20BERNHARDT%20JR), [San Antonio, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/San%20Antonio)

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