Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (experimental category (research & development)).
2022-10-27
Certificate of registration issued as N630N to the current registrant.
1985-05-25
N630N previously assigned to a North American NA-265-40 (s/n 282-73); cancelled.
1984
Manufactured (1984).
Overview
About N630N
N630N is a 1984 Hughes 369F, serial number 0004F. The FAA register lists Bank of Utah Trustee as the registrant in Salt Lake City, Utah. The current certificate of registration was issued on October 27, 2022 and expires on October 31, 2029.
The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a turbine helicopter, one Rolls-Royce 250-C47 series engine and 4 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is experimental category (research & development), dated January 24, 2023.
No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N630N. 3 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.
Reported aircraft: McDonnell Douglas 369FF — a different aircraft that carried the N630N registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind gusts and subsequent failure to maintain directional control of the helicopter, which resulted in a hard landing. A contributing factor was a wind gust.
Reported aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-600N — a different aircraft that carried the N630N registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: The pilot's inattention to the altitude and inadvertent late entry into an autorotation maneuver below the established minimum test altitude with a helicopter operating at maximum gross weight in a high density altitude environment that led to a subsequent hard landing. Contributing were the lack of positive communications between ground test personnel and the pilot regarding the low altitude, and the lack of accurate in-flight and ground altimeter equipment.
Reported aircraft: McDonnell Douglas MD-600 — a different aircraft that carried the N630N registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: An uncommanded main rotor blade to tail boom contact due to a 'blowback' phenomena after a successful preplanned autorotation by the pilot to a high density altitude airport with a test aircraft designed at a maximum gross weight.
Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records
Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history.
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