# Incident 19801001072109I: Hughes 369HS, Charleston, WV, October 1, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Charleston, WV
- Airport: Kanawha
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3498° N, 81.6326° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Charleston, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3498&lon=-81.6326&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9263F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9263F-2020-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,400 total, 4,000 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/19801001072109I

## Narrative

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

MINOR SKIN DAMAGE TO TAIL BOOM AND LOWER VERTICAL STABILIZER FROM HARD LANDING.

## Other reports on N9263F (1)

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

- [Accident 20020909024639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020909024639A), Sep 9, 2002: Hughes 369HS (N9263F), Carnation, WA, Substantial damage. (-23) Practicing the second power recovery autorotation of the day, the pilot was slow in rolling on throttle for the power recovery. Aircraft contacted the…

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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