Piston helicopter

N269H

1978 Schweizer 269C Piston Helicopters

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1978
Serial
780715
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-D1A
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Vertical Development LLC (LLC)
Based
Birmingham, AL
1978 Schweizer 269C Piston Helicopters
Representative photo of a Schweizer 269C Piston Helicopters. Not a photo of N269H.
Registration record

N269H on the FAA register

Type
1978 Schweizer 269C Piston Helicopters
Serial
780715
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360-D1A
Registered owner
Vertical Development LLC
Birmingham, AL
Certificate issued
2025-05-09
Airworthiness date
2010-10-08
Registration expires
2032-05-31
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A2A11B
Mode S (octal)
50520433
Seats (type)
3
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
196 nm
Cruise (type)
95 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-05-09
    Certificate of registration issued as N269H to the current registrant.
  • 2010-10-08
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1978
    Manufactured (1978).
  • 1931-07-09
    N269H previously assigned to a Curtiss Wright Fledgling (s/n B-47); cancelled.
Overview

About N269H

N269H is a 1978 Schweizer 269C Piston Helicopters, serial number 780715. The FAA register lists Vertical Development LLC as the registrant in Birmingham, Alabama. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 9, 2025 and expires on May 31, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Lycoming HIO-360-D1A engine and 3 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 95 knots and a range of about 196 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated October 8, 2010.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N269H.

Cruise
95 kt
Range
196 nm
Fuel burn
9 gph

Published figures for the Schweizer 269C Piston Helicopters type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N269H.

Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records

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Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history. Individual owners' names are shown to signed-in users and street addresses are never shown. Type figures are published specifications, not this aircraft's.