# Accident 19800518014269A: Hughes 269B, Arlington, TX, May 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1980, 14:10 local time
- Place: Arlington, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7357° N, 97.1081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Arlington, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7357&lon=-97.1081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9443F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9443F-1989-09-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 439 total, 28 in this make and model, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA077) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800518014269A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF HELICOPTER DURING DOWNWIND PEDAL TURN DEPARTURE FROM HOVER.

## 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 FTW80FA077](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA077), May 18, 1980: Hughes 269B (N9443F), Arlington, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9443F (1)

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

- [Incident 19810505040159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810505040159I), May 5, 1981: Hughes 269B (N9443F), Roanoke, TX, Minor damage. During solo liftoff pilot allowed copter to drift rearward and down. Tail rotor assembly and drive damaged.

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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