# NTSB investigations: Hughes 269A, AZ

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB LAX84LA260](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX84LA260.md): Hughes 269 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 17, 1984 · N8773F · Substantial damage
  > The acft landed hard during an autorotation demonstration by a CFI. During landing the rotor blades severed the tail andthe acft went into ground resonance. The CFI said he thought the acft lost transitional lift. He recommended not practicing autorotations…
- [NTSB LAX83LA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA340.md): Hughes 269 · Mesa, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 16, 1983 · N8773F · Substantial damage
  > The instructor was demonstrating a power recovery autorotation to a dry river bed, which he initiated at 500 feet AGL by rolling off the throttle and lowering the collective. Aprx 5 seconds later he observed a change in sound and noticed the engine RPM at 0.…
- [NTSB LAX79FUK19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUK19.md): Hughes 269A · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 11, 1979 · N87592 · Substantial damage
- [NTSB LAX69D0177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69D0177.md): Hughes 269A · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 24, 1968 · N8717F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB DEN65A0075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN65A0075.md): Hughes 269A · Roosevelt, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · May 22, 1965 · N8923F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK65X0561](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0561.md): Hughes 269A · Mt Trumbull, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 4, 1964 · N8812F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK65X0133](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0133.md): Hughes 269A · Scottsdale, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Oct 3, 1964 · N8744F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X3704](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3704.md): Hughes 269A · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 31, 1964 · N8784F · Destroyed
- [NTSB UNK64X1502](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1502.md): Hughes 269A · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 28, 1964 · N8923F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X1150](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1150.md): Hughes 269A · Phoenix, AZ · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 3, 1964 · N8784F · Substantial damage

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."eventStateOrRegion" = 'AZ' AND c."eventCountry" = 'USA'
  AND c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('4470402'))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=4470402&state=AZ

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