# Incident 19810505040159I: Hughes 269B, Roanoke, TX, May 5, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1981, 11:15 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Aero Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0498° N, 97.2322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AERO VALLEY (52F), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0498&lon=-97.2322&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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 144 total, 47 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810505040159I

## Narrative

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

DURING SOLO LIFTOFF PILOT ALLOWED COPTER TO DRIFT REARWARD AND DOWN. TAIL ROTOR ASSEMBLY AND DRIVE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N9443F (1)

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

- [Accident 19800518014269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800518014269A), May 18, 1980: Hughes 269B (N9443F), Arlington, TX, Substantial damage. Lost control of helicopter during downwind pedal turn departure from hover.

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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