# Accident 19811215087519A: Hughes 269B, West Jordan, UT, December 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: West Jordan, UT
- Airport: Salt Lake #2
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6097° N, 111.9391° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Jordan, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6097&lon=-111.9391&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9508F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9508F-2018-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 2,001 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82FTM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTM07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811215087519A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT ALLOWED RPM DECAY ON PRACTICE LOW-LEVEL TURNS. CFI TRIED TO CORRECT SKID, HIT GROUND, ROLLED OVER ON IMPACT

## 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 DEN82FTM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTM07), Dec 15, 1981: Hughes 269B (N9508F), West Jordon, UT, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9508F (1)

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

- [Accident 20010427006979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010427006979A), Apr 27, 2001: Hughes 269B (N9508F), Nacogdoches, TX, Substantial damage. (.19)On April 27, 2001, at 1740 CDT, a Hughes 269B helicopter, N9508F, was substantially damaged when it impatched wires and terrain while repositioning at 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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