# Incident 19800109014629I: Hughes 269B, St. Augustine, FL, January 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1980, 10:00 local time
- Place: St. Augustine, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 29.8960° N, 81.3116° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Augustine, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8960&lon=-81.3116&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9557F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9557F-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800109014629I

## Narrative

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

HOVERING AUTOROTATION. HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N9557F (1)

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

- [Accident 19810301007929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810301007929A), Mar 1, 1981: Hughes 269B (N9557F), Valdosta, GA, Substantial damage. Lost directional control of helicopter during hover downwind turn. Made hard landing.

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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