# N9450F: 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 23, 2013
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9450F
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9450F

## Aircraft that carried N9450F

- [Cancelled 2013-05-23](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9450F-2013-05-23): Hughes 269B, S/N 16-0227, built 1966. Registration expired, pending cancellation. Owner: [Bowring Charles J L](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/BOWRING%20CHARLES%20J%20L), [Denton, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Denton)

## NTSB investigations on N9450F (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 FTW81FRA52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRA52), Aug 13, 1981: Hughes 269B (N9450F), Houston, TX, destroyed

## FAA accident and incident reports on N9450F (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 19810813049389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810813049389A), Aug 13, 1981: Hughes 269B (N9450F), Houston, TX, Destroyed. Vibration at moment of takeoff. Helicopter began self destruct and burned. Indicates a ground resonance condition.

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