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Type Record · As of May 3, 2026

HUGHES 500C

Rotorcraft

Registered

3

NTSB Events

2

Airworthiness Directives

0

01 /  Distribution

Where the fleet lives and was built

Counts of currently-registered HUGHES 500C aircraft by US state and decade of manufacture, sourced from the FAA Aircraft Registry.

By State (top 10)

  • TX 33.3% 1
  • NV 33.3% 1
  • DE 33.3% 1

By Decade of Manufacture

  • Unknown 100.0% 3

02 /  NTSB Records

Events involving HUGHES 500C aircraft

2 event(s) on file. Showing the most recent 2.

02c /  Academic Research

Scholarly work mentioning HUGHES 500C

Papers and reports across NASA, NTSB, FAA CAMI, AOPA ASI, Embry-Riddle, arXiv, and the broader academic graph that mention this airframe. Title or keyword match — drill into each for full abstract + author list + PDF link.

Browse the full corpus — academia portal ↗

03 /  Airworthiness Directives

FAA directives applicable to HUGHES 500C

No matching airworthiness directives are on file for this make and model in the Federal Register.

04 /  Regulations watching this type

Advisory Circulars and Federal Register activity for HUGHES 500C

05 /  Aircraft of this type

All 3 registered N-numbers

Every tail currently on the FAA registry for this make/model. Click an N-number to query the FAA Aircraft Inquiry; rows flagged ● have NTSB events on file. Tails seeded with full TallyAero pages link directly.

3 of 3
N-number St Year NTSB FAA
N436DS TX — ● Look up ↗
N500RK NV — · Look up ↗
N6635Q DE — ● Look up ↗

Source — FAA Aircraft Registry · click "Look up" to query the live registry record (owner, address, last airworthiness)

05 /  Sources & Methodology

Every count traces back to a primary US-government source

We render counts and lists as the agency publishes them. Read the methodology →