# Accident 19750601015839A: Hughes 269A, Rossville, KS, June 1, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1975
- Place: Rossville, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 39.1358° N, 95.9496° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rossville, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1358&lon=-95.9496&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8898F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8898F-1983-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A (registry code 4470402, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75FCG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCG49) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750601015839A

## Narrative

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

INSUFFICIENT A/S OR ALT FOR AUTOROTATION.

## 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 MKC75FCG49](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75FCG49), Jun 1, 1975: Hughes 269A (N8898F), Rossville, KS, destroyed

## Other reports on N8898F (1)

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

- [Incident 19790509026039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790509026039I), May 9, 1979: Hughes 269A (N8898F), Linden, MI, Destroyed. During functional and power check after engine overhaul helicopter went into ground resonance. Destroyed.

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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