# Accident 20030928022709A: Hughes 269C, Gail, TX, September 28, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 28, 2003, 08:30 local time
- Place: Gail, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2125° N, 101.5214° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2125&lon=-101.5214&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9620F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9620F-2017-03-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,100 total, 8,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW03CA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03CA233) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030928022709A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2003, HUGHES AIRCRAFT, N9620F, ATTEMPTED TAKE-OFF FROM A TRANSPORT TRAILER LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF GAIL, TEXAS. IMMEDIATELY AS THE HELICOPTER LIFTED FROM THE TRAILER THE AFT PART OF THE LEFT SKID SNAGGED AN UNKNOWN OBJECT ON THE TRANSPORT TRAILER CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO ROLL TO THE LEFT AND ABRUPTLY PITCH NOSE DOWN. THE HELICOPTER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT WAS INTENDED FOR LIVESTOCK SPOTTING AND RELOCATION.

## 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 FTW03CA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW03CA233), Sep 28, 2003: Hughes 269C (N9620F), Gail, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of control for undetermined reasons.

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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