# Incident 19911001051739I: Hughes 269C, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, October 1, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 1, 1991, 11:40 local time
- Place: Rancho Santa Fe, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0258° N, 117.1981° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rancho Santa Fe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0258&lon=-117.1981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9579F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9579F-1996-08-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 119 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911001051739I

## Narrative

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

PRACTICE PINNACLE LANDING ON UNIMPROVED FIELD. AIRCRAFT BEGAN SHAKING. SUSPECT GROUND RESONANCE. MAIN ROTOR DAMAGED

## Other reports on N9579F (2)

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

- [Accident 19960423008079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960423008079A), Apr 23, 1996: Hughes 269C (N9579F), San Diego, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Photo flight crashed orbiting hospital. Slow and low settled with power. Engine stuck valve. Traces of medications.
- [Incident 19930227007169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930227007169I), Feb 27, 1993: Hughes 269C (N9579F), Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Minor damage. Pilot contact the ground with tail rotor during a simulated failed tail rotor approach demonstration.

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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