# Accident 19810522028229A: Hughes 269B, Muleshoe, TX, May 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1981, 19:00 local time
- Place: Muleshoe, TX
- Airport: Warren
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Location: 34.2317° N, 102.7061° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Warren Airfield, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2317&lon=-102.7061&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5444G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5444G-1989-11-07) (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: 1,960 total, 748 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DQG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQG27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810522028229A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT FROZE ON CONTROLS WHEN CFI TRIED TO TAKE OVER FOR LANDING ON PRACTICE AUTOROTATION. CHOPPED OFF TAIL ROTOR.

## 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 FTW81DQG27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQG27), May 22, 1981: Hughes 269B (N5444G), Muleshoe, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5444G (1)

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

- [Accident 19770628015179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770628015179A), Jun 28, 1977: Hughes 269A (N5444G), Luke Af Base, AZ, Destroyed. Recovery frm practice autorotation. Plt added pwr bfor collective,oversped eng. Ip cut pwr,eng quit.

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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