# N8696F: not currently registered

- Registered now: No (not in the FAA registry file). The mark may be reserved or free to assign
- Earlier aircraft: 1
- Last cancelled: October 29, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8696F
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8696F

## Aircraft that carried N8696F

- [Cancelled 2013-10-29](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8696F-2013-10-29): Hughes 369HS, S/N 1250788S, built 1975. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Big Eye Helicopters](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BIG%20EYE%20HELICOPTERS), [Tumon, GU](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/GU/Tumon)

## NTSB investigations on N8696F (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK79DVG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG13), Feb 16, 1979: Hughes 369C (N8696F), Montague, CA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N8696F (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19790216003009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790216003009A), Feb 16, 1979: Hughes 369HS (N8696F), Yreka, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot was practicing autorotations. On landing acft stuck in mud. Main rotor blades cut off tail boom.

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