# Accident 19730516012259A: Hughes 269C, Richmond, VA, May 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 1973
- Place: Richmond, VA
- Airport: Downtown Heliport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 37.5538° N, 77.4603° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5538&lon=-77.4603&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9693F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9693F-1976-02-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,284 total, 242 in this make and model, 84 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD73FID22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73FID22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730516012259A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DRG FLARE DETECTED BINDING IN COLLECTIVE CTL.MARK FOUND ON PLTS GUN HOLSTER NOT THERE BFR ACDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 IAD73FID22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD73FID22), May 16, 1973: Hughes 269C (N9693F), Richmond, VA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9693F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19751222039809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751222039809A), Dec 22, 1975: Hughes 269C (N9693F), Richmond, VA, Destroyed. Nr 2 cyl exhaust valve head separated fm valve stem.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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