# Incident 19890326051809I: Hughes 269B, Hilo, HI, March 26, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1989, 16:20 local time
- Place: Hilo, HI
- Airport: Hilo General Lyman Field Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 19.7225° N, 155.0868° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hilo, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=19.7225&lon=-155.0868&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9449F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9449F-1996-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 540 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890326051809I

## Narrative

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

DECIDED TO LAND AND WAIT OUT WEATHER. ARICRAFT LURCHED AND TAIL ROTOR HIT ROCK BY LAVA POND. SIGHT SEEING FLIGHT.

## Other reports on N9449F (2)

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

- [Accident 19780715016669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780715016669A), Jul 15, 1978: Hughes 269B (N9449F), Snoqualamie, WA, Substantial damage. Ldg on small platform,orstacles on 3 sides. Pax inadvertently intred with anti-torque pedals.
- [Accident 19750706023389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750706023389A), Jul 6, 1975: Hughes 269B (N9449F), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Touched dwn with fwd motion & lost ctl. Plt had minimum time in type acft in last 8 yrs.

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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