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N8863F

Hughes 269A

Valid Michigan

N8863F is a Hughes 269A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to co-owned owners in Big Rapids, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on November 27, 2023 and expires on November 30, 2030. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated May 20, 1975.

Aircraft

Maker
Hughes
Model
269A
Serial number
63-0243
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
65 mph
Transponder code
AC36E6 (octal 53033346)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
November 27, 2023
Expires
November 30, 2030
Last FAA action
November 27, 2023
Airworthiness
Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · May 20, 1975
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00381861

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Cain James W
Type
Co-owned
Address
19724 Tanglewood
Big Rapids, MI 49307-9467
Co-owners
Cain Michael G / Cain Douglas A / Packer Nancy E / Reoch Susan M

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.

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