Turbine helicopter

N5238C

Hughes Helicopters 369E

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
0151E
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Allison 250-C20 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Aviation Advantage Inc (Non-citizen corporation)
Based
Tabor City, NC
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Registration record

N5238C on the FAA register

Type
Hughes Helicopters 369E
Serial
0151E
Engines
Allison 250-C20 series
Registered owner
Aviation Advantage Inc
Tabor City, NC
Certificate issued
2026-05-12
Airworthiness date
1987-05-28
Registration expires
2033-05-31
Airworthiness class
Restricted
Mode S (hex)
A69786
Mode S (octal)
51513606
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2033-05-31
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2026-05-12
    Certificate of registration issued as N5238C to the current registrant.
  • 1987-05-28
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (restricted category).
  • 1980-10-15
    N5238C previously assigned to a Cessna 210N (s/n 21063722); cancelled.
  • 1965-12-06
    N5238C previously assigned to a Beechcraft B35 Bonanza / Bonanza B35 (s/n D-2583); cancelled.
Overview

About N5238C

N5238C is a Hughes Helicopters 369E, serial number 0151E. The FAA register lists Aviation Advantage Inc as the registrant in Tabor City, North Carolina. The current certificate of registration was issued on May 12, 2026 and expires on May 31, 2033.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Allison 250-C20 series engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is restricted category, dated May 28, 1987.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N5238C. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1999-11-30 Accident · Taft, CA Damage: Substantial NTSB · LAX00LA047
Reported aircraft: Boeing 369E — a different aircraft that carried the N5238C registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The fatigue failure of a second stage compressor vane due to erosion, which resulted in a catastrophic engine failure. An inadequate inspection of the compressor section by company maintenance personnel during the last 300-hour inspection was also causal in this accident. The maintenance personnel's failure to conduct the periodic recommended compressor washes was a factor.
1965-10-19 Accident · Blanding Utah, 44 Damage: Destroyed NTSB · 2 0937
Reported aircraft: Beechcraft B35 — a different aircraft that carried the N5238C registration before this airframe.

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.