# N9579F: 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: August 27, 1996
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9579F
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9579F

## Aircraft that carried N9579F

- [Cancelled 1996-08-27](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9579F-1996-08-27): Hughes 269C, S/N 540311. Triennial form not returned. Owner: [Flight Trails Helicopters](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FLIGHT%20TRAILS%20HELICOPTERS), [Carlsbad, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Carlsbad)

## NTSB investigations on N9579F (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 LAX96FA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX96FA177), Apr 23, 1996: Hughes 269C (N9579F), San Diego, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the decision of the pilot to fly at low altitude and low airspeed within a hazardous performance area published in the pilot operating handbook. Factors in the accident were tailwinds, lack of…

## FAA accident and incident reports on N9579F (3)

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 19960423008079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960423008079A), Apr 23, 1996: Hughes 269C (N9579F), San Diego, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Photo flight crashed orbiting hospital. Slow and low settled with power. Engine stuck valve. Traces of medications.
- [Incident 19930227007169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930227007169I), Feb 27, 1993: Hughes 269C (N9579F), Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Minor damage. Pilot contact the ground with tail rotor during a simulated failed tail rotor approach demonstration.
- [Incident 19911001051739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911001051739I), Oct 1, 1991: Hughes 269C (N9579F), Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Minor damage. Practice pinnacle landing on unimproved field. Aircraft began shaking. Suspect ground resonance. Main rotor damaged

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