# Accident 19810510022589A: Hughes 269C, Cottonwood, AZ, May 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 1981, 14:45 local time
- Place: Cottonwood, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7508° N, 111.9840° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cottonwood, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7508&lon=-111.9840&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58210, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58210-1984-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 472 total, 381 in this make and model, 141 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810510022589A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO CLEAR RIDGE. LOST CONTROL TURNING DOWNWIND TO LOWER TERRAIN. ENTERED "SETTLING WITH POWER" REGIME.

## 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 LAX81FUJ62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ62), May 10, 1981: Hughes 269C (N58210), Cottonwood, AZ, 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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