Turbine helicopter

N52RD

1970 Hughes 369C

Registered No accidents on file
Built
1970
Serial
110274S
Class
Turbine helicopter
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C20B
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Helicopter Services West LLC (LLC)
Based
Benicia, CA
1970 Hughes 369C
Representative photo of a Hughes 369C. Not a photo of N52RD.
Registration record

N52RD on the FAA register

Type
1970 Hughes 369C (FAA: Hughes 369HS)
Serial
110274S
Engines
Rolls-Royce 250-C20B
Registered owner
Helicopter Services West LLC
Benicia, CA
Certificate issued
2023-04-20
Airworthiness date
2017-07-11
Registration expires
2030-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
A68810
Mode S (octal)
51504020
Seats (type)
4
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2030-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2023-04-20
    Certificate of registration issued as N52RD to the current registrant.
  • 2017-07-11
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
  • 2005-07-14
    N52RD previously assigned to a Homebuilt KR-2 (s/n RD-1); cancelled.
  • 1970
    Manufactured (1970).
Overview

About N52RD

N52RD is a 1970 Hughes 369C (FAA model 369HS), serial number 110274S. The FAA register lists Helicopter Services West LLC as the registrant in Benicia, California. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 20, 2023 and expires on April 30, 2030.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Rolls-Royce 250-C20B engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated July 11, 2017.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for N52RD.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

✓ No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices on file for N52RD.

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.