# N5161E: Hughes 269A, registration cancelled 1998-10-31

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: October 31, 1998
- Status when cancelled: Valid registration
- Airframe: [Hughes 269A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (registry code 4470402)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 4H12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4H12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 560559
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: September 17, 1997
- Last registry action: September 19, 1997
- Mode S code: A67A39
- Owner when cancelled: [Clark Ron A](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CLARK%20RON%20A)
- Location: [Boise, ID](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ID/Boise)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 43.5510° N, 116.2901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 83709, within about 3 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5161E
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=5161E
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5161E-1998-10-31

From the FAA registry file of October 31, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Hughes 269A: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a.md

## NTSB investigations (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 SEA98LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA98LA063), Apr 10, 1998: Hughes 269A (N5161E), Emmett, ID, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The instructor pilot's failure to maintain the proper rate of descent on landing. Factors were a sudden wind shift, the instructor pilot's lack of recent experience, and terrain drop-off.

## FAA accident and incident reports (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 19980410006479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980410006479A), Apr 10, 1998: Hughes 269A (N5161E), Emmett, ID, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Demo pinnicle landing. Student advised low rs. CFI lowered collective. Hit ground hard. Tumbled down hill. (.4)the instructor and the student pilot departed on…

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