# Accident 19820501019459A: Hughes 269B, Las Vegas, NV, May 1, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1982, 11:45 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9336F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9336F-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 664 total, 178 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX82DA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820501019459A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED DURING AUTOROTAION LANDING AFTER ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 LAX82DA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA154), May 1, 1982: Hughes 269B (N9336F), North Las Vegas, NV, destroyed

## Other reports on N9336F (2)

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

- [Accident 19841113061549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841113061549A), Nov 13, 1984: Hughes 269B (N9336F), Clint, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft trailed smoke and made near vertical descent to ground. Failure of main rotor drive shaft thrust bearing.
- [Accident 19780524015669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780524015669A), May 24, 1978: Hughes 269B (N9336F), Mechanicsburg, OH, Destroyed. Plt stated he made turn-around close to ground and settled duringrt of swath run.

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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