Piston helicopter

N8135L

Hughes 269A Piston Helicopters / TH-55A Piston Helicopters / TH55A

Registered No accidents on file
Built
—
Serial
580847
Class
Piston helicopter
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360 series
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registered owner
Tri County Rentals and Sales Inc (Corporation)
Based
Bell, FL
Registration record

N8135L on the FAA register

Type
Hughes 269A Piston Helicopters / TH-55A Piston Helicopters / TH55A
Serial
580847
Engines
Lycoming HIO-360 series
Registered owner
Tri County Rentals and Sales Inc
Bell, FL
Certificate issued
2025-04-15
Airworthiness date
1999-08-23
Registration expires
2032-04-30
Airworthiness class
Standard · normal
Mode S (hex)
AB1793
Mode S (octal)
52613623
Seats (type)
2
Weight class
up to 12,499 lb
Range (type)
203 nm
Cruise (type)
78 kt
Status
Current as of October 2026
Registry history

Timeline

  • 2032-04-30
    Registration expires (renewal due).
  • 2025-04-15
    Certificate of registration issued as N8135L to the current registrant.
  • 1999-08-23
    Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview

About N8135L

N8135L is a Hughes 269A Piston Helicopters / TH-55A Piston Helicopters / TH55A, serial number 580847. The FAA register lists Tri County Rentals and Sales Inc as the registrant in Bell, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on April 15, 2025 and expires on April 30, 2032.

The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a piston helicopter, one Lycoming HIO-360 series engine and 2 seats. Published figures for the type give a cruise speed of about 78 knots and a range of about 203 nm; actual performance depends on configuration, load and conditions. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated August 23, 1999.

No NTSB accident or incident reports and no FAA preliminary notices are on file for this airframe as N8135L. 1 earlier record involves a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.

Cruise
78 kt
Range
203 nm
Fuel burn
7 gph

Published figures for the Hughes 269A Piston Helicopters / TH-55A Piston Helicopters / TH55A type. They describe the model, not this airframe's equipment or condition.

Safety record

Accident & incident history

1984-05-02 Accident · Bethlehem, PA Damage: Destroyed Fatal injury NTSB · NYC84FA157
Reported aircraft: Cessna A152 — a different aircraft that carried the N8135L 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.