Turbine helicopter

N488NS

1976 Hughes 369C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1976
Serial
450738S
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C18
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee (Corporation)
Based
Casper, WY
1976 Hughes 369C
Representative photo of a Hughes 369C. Not a photo of N488NS.
Registration record

N488NS on the FAA register

Type
1976 Hughes 369C (FAA: Hughes 369HS)
Serial
450738S
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C18
Registered owner
Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee
Casper, WY
Certificate issued
2026-02-23
Airworthiness date
2013-04-18
Registration expires
2033-02-28
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A6078E
Mode S (octal)
51403616
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-02-28
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-02-23
    Certificate of registration issued as N488NS to the current registrant.
  • 2013-04-18
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 1990-08-16
    N488NS previously assigned to a Shorts SD3-30 (s/n SH3057); cancelled.
  • 1976
    Manufactured (1976).
Overview

About N488NS

N488NS is a 1976 Hughes 369C (FAA model 369HS), serial number 450738S. The FAA register lists Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee as the registrant in Casper, Wyoming. The current certificate of registration was issued on February 23, 2026 and expires on February 28, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Rolls-Royce 250-C18 engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated April 18, 2013.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N488NS.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N488NS.

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.