# N9488F: Schweizer 269C, registration cancelled 2000-08-14

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 14, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Schweizer 269C](https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c) (registry code 8059502)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 4H12](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/4H12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: S1689
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: February 10, 1995
- Last registry action: June 20, 2000
- Mode S code: AD2E56
- Owner when cancelled: [City Of Topeka Police](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/CITY%20OF%20TOPEKA%20POLICE)
- Location: [Topeka, KS](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/KS/Topeka)
- Owner type: Government
- Owner's area on the map: 39.0698° N, 95.6230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 66616, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9488F
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9488F
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9488F-2000-08-14

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 Schweizer 269C: https://openairdocs.org/model/schweizer-269c.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 CHI00GA160](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00GA160), Jun 13, 2000: Schweizer 269C (N9488F), Topeka, KS, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain translational lift while maneuvering, and the loss of tail rotor effectiveness. Factors relating to this accident were the tailwind, low airspeed, low rotor rpm, and…

## 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 20000613007929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000613007929A), Jun 13, 2000: Hughes 269C (N9488F), Topeka, KS, Destroyed, 2 fatal. (-23) Police heli was circling a home improvement store where a burglar alarm had sounded. Police officers were inside while heli N9488F was circling outside.…

## Other aircraft with N9488F

- [Cancelled 1970-06-08](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9488F-1970-06-08): Hughes 269B, S/N 270314. Exported to Australia. Owner: [Hughes Tool Co](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/HUGHES%20TOOL%20CO), [Culver City, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Culver%20City)

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