# N9068F: 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: May 10, 2019
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9068F
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9068F

## Aircraft that carried N9068F

- [Cancelled 2019-05-10](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9068F-2019-05-10): Hughes 369HS, S/N 210293S, built 1971. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Whirlwide Helicopters Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/WHIRLWIDE%20HELICOPTERS%20INC), Port Vila

## NTSB investigations on N9068F (3)

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 WPR15LA257](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15LA257), Sep 3, 2015: Hughes 369HS (N9068F), Manra Island, Kiribati, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: A The loss of helicopter control for reasons that could not be determined asbecause the helicopter sank in the oceanwater and was not recovered.
- [NTSB LAX98LA053](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA053), Dec 6, 1997: McDonnell Douglas 369HS (N9068F), Saipan, India, destroyed. Probable cause: The failure of the maintenance facility to comply with the service bulletins, which resulted in the development of a corrosion pit, subsequent leakage and failure of the acceleration bellows of the…
- [NTSB SEA72DYE38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA72DYE38), Jun 30, 1972: Hughes 500 (N9068F), Longmire, WA, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports on N9068F (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 19971206037509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971206037509A), Dec 6, 1997: Hughes 369HS (N9068F), Saipan, MP, Destroyed. Lost power approach to helipad. Autorotated to hard landing. Chopped tail. Fuel filters and fuel nozzle clogged. (.4) the pilot reported that he was making a…

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