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Registered aircraft · FAA record as of September 25, 2026
N8891F

Hughes 269A

Valid Michigan

N8891F is a Hughes 269A, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter). It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Traverse City, Michigan. The registration is valid: it was issued on October 29, 2015 and expires on October 31, 2028. No airworthiness certificate is on file, which is normal for drones and for aircraft still being built or tested.

Aircraft

Maker
Hughes
Model
269A
Serial number
83-0266
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · None NONE
Seats
2
Year built
Not given
Cruising speed
65 mph
Transponder code
AC41C5 (octal 53040705)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
October 29, 2015
Expires
October 31, 2028
Last FAA action
June 16, 2023
Airworthiness
None on file
FAA region
Great Lakes
FAA record id
00342398

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Detgen Jim
Type
Individual
Address
2316 Grouse Dr
Traverse City, MI 49685-7311

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