# Accident 19841208065889A: Hughes 269C, Boulevard, CA, December 8, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 8, 1984, 10:22 local time
- Place: Boulevard, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6640° N, 116.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boulevard, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6640&lon=-116.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8663F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8663F-2009-09-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 50 total, 50 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX85LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA063) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841208065889A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE STEEP BANK COURSE REVERSAL BECAUSE OF STEEP CLIMB GRADIENT IN CANYON. LOW AIRSPEED AND ALTITUDE, CRASHED

## 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 LAX85LA063](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA063), Dec 8, 1984: Hughes 269C (N8663F), Boulevard, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8663F (1)

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

- [Incident 19821221069949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821221069949I), Dec 21, 1982: Hughes 369D (N8663F), San Pasqual, CA, 1 fatal. Passenger was taking pictures then jumped from the helicopter and was killed on impact. Ruled as a suicide.

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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