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N8938F

Hughes 269A-1

Valid Delaware

N8938F is a Hughes 269A-1, a rotorcraft with a piston engine (a helicopter or multicopter), built in 1964. It has 2 seats. It is registered to Southern Cross Aviation INC, a corporation in Wilmington, Delaware. The registration is valid: it was issued on March 7, 2019 and expires on March 31, 2029. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for normal, dated August 20, 1964.

Aircraft

Maker
Hughes
Model
269A-1
Serial number
44-0009
Type
Rotorcraft
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming I0360 SER · 180 hp
Seats
2
Year built
1964
Cruising speed
65 mph
Transponder code
AC53EF (octal 53051757)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
March 7, 2019
Expires
March 31, 2029
Last FAA action
July 22, 2023
Airworthiness
Standard · Normal · August 20, 1964
FAA region
Eastern
FAA record id
00821591

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Southern Cross Aviation INC
Type
Corporation
Address
3511 Silverside Rd Ste 105
Wilmington, DE 19810-4902

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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