# N8602F: Hughes 269C, registration cancelled 1999-01-28

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: January 28, 1999
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Hughes 269C](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (registry code 4470504)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 4H12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4H12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 1090843
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: February 1, 1980
- Last registry action: November 18, 1998
- Mode S code: ABD17B
- Owner when cancelled: [Flight Safety Intl Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FLIGHT%20SAFETY%20INTL%20INC)
- Location: [Vero Beach, FL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/FL/Vero%20Beach)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 27.6472° N, 80.3931° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vero Beach, FL, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8602F
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=8602F
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8602F-1999-01-28

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 269C: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c.md

## NTSB investigations (2)

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 MIA89FA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89FA004), Oct 5, 1988: Hughes 269C (N8602F), Vero Beach, FL, destroyed
- [NTSB MIA83LA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA125), Apr 16, 1983: Hughes 300C (N8602F), Vero Beach, FL, substantial damage

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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 19881005069779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881005069779A), Oct 5, 1988: Hughes 269C (N8602F), Vero Beach, FL, Destroyed. Student and instructor practicing ground hover. Skid hit ground. Induced ground resonance destroyed helicopter.
- [Accident 19830416014479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830416014479A), Apr 16, 1983: Hughes 269C (N8602F), Vero Beach, FL, Substantial damage. Student failed to arrest rate of descent and rotation on a practice autorotation. Ground impact collapsed a skid.

## Other aircraft with N8602F

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8602F): Boeing 737-8H4, S/N 38110, built 2012

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