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N8871F

Hughes 269A

N8871F is a Hughes 269A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1963. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Leesville, South Carolina. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 22, 1993 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds a multiple airworthiness certificate for standard; restricted; agriculture and pest control, dated June 3, 1964.

Aircraft

Maker
Hughes
Model
269A
Serial number
0235
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming HO-360 · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1963
Cruising speed
65 mph
Transponder code
AC3A57 (octal 53035127)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 22, 1993
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Multiple · Standard; Restricted; Agriculture and pest control · June 3, 1964
FAA region
Southern
FAA record id
00391841

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Garvey Michael
Type
Individual
Address
616 Cedar Grove Rd
Leesville, SC 29070

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