# Accident 19830318008889A: Hughes 269A, St Petersburg, FL, March 18, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1983, 14:55 local time
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Airport: St Petersburg Cle
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.9086° N, 82.6865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9086&lon=-82.6865&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9020M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9020M-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A (registry code 4470402, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 669 total, 42 in this make and model, 290 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA83LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA087) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830318008889A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT SKID HIT ROUGH GROUND DURING A PRACTICE HOVER. HELICOPTER ENTERED DYNAMIC ROLLOVER PHASE AND ROLLED OVER.

## 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 MIA83LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA087), Mar 18, 1983: Hughes 269A (N9020M), St. Petersburg, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9020M (1)

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

- [Accident 20180310001899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180310001899A), Mar 10, 2018: Hughes 269A (N9020M), Jacksonville, FL, Destroyed. Pilot stated he did not have any mechanical difficulty with aircraft and while performing a practice auto rotation into a vacant field, mismanaged the landing…

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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