# Accident 19731022032499A: Hughes 269C, San Antonio, TX, October 22, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1973
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Location: 29.4241° N, 98.4936° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Antonio, TX, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4241&lon=-98.4936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9667F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9667F-2013-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 342 total, 233 in this make and model, 139 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74DRG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRG29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731022032499A

## Narrative

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

PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.BOUNCED,HIT TAIL.

## 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 FTW74DRG29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74DRG29), Oct 22, 1973: Hughes 269 (N9667F), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage

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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