# N9579F: Hughes 269C, registration cancelled 1996-08-27

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: August 27, 1996
- 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: 540311
- Type of aircraft: Rotorcraft
- Certificate issued: May 21, 1990
- Last registry action: May 15, 1996
- Mode S code: AD5241
- Owners when cancelled: [Flight Trails Helicopters](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/FLIGHT%20TRAILS%20HELICOPTERS), [Yi Chin](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/YI%20CHIN), [Tu Pauline S](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/TU%20PAULINE%20S)
- Location: [Carlsbad, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Carlsbad)
- Owner type: Co-owned
- Owner's area on the map: 33.1425° N, 117.3134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 92008, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9579F
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=9579F
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9579F-1996-08-27

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 269C: https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-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 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 (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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