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N52385

Hughes 300C

N52385 is a Hughes 300C, a rotorcraft with turboshaft engines (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 3 seats. It is registered to Thomas L Chappell LLC, an LLC in Barnwell, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on December 9, 2014 and expires on December 31, 2027. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Hughes
Model
300C
Serial number
240280
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Turboshaft, 1 motor
Seats
3
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
101 mph
Transponder code
A697A1 (octal 51513641)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
December 9, 2014
Expires
December 31, 2027
Last FAA action
April 7, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00314161

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Thomas L Chappell LLC
Type
LLC
Address
166 Boiling Springs Rd
Barnwell, SC 29812-7126

Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.

Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 2

1949-02-14Cessna T-50 · Valid registration
—Cessna 182P · Triennial registration form was mailed and has not been returned by the Post Office

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, September 25, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data