# NTSB investigations: Hughes 269A, MI

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 CHI94LA279](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA279.md): Hughes TH-55A · Houghton, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Aug 14, 1994 · N20SD · Substantial damage
  > failure of the pilot to maintain control of the aircraft.
- [NTSB CHI94LA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI94LA013.md): Hughes 269A · Coldwater, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 12, 1993 · N7032U · Substantial damage
  > the fatigue failure of the tailboom support strut attachment lug.
- [NTSB CHI86LA124](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA124.md): Hughes 269A · Lowell, MI · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 12, 1986 · N8059H · Substantial damage
  > The pilot had just completed two autorotations when he landed hard on the third. The main rotor flexed down severing the tailboom and tailrotor. Although the pilot had logged over 6000 hours flight time, he had only 51 hours total rotorcraft time. He had…
- [NTSB CHI82DA245](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA245.md): Hughes 269A · Davison, MI · Accident · No injuries · Final report · Jul 12, 1982 · N8902F · Substantial damage
  > The student pilot was making a 180 degree pedal turn to the right while hovering. The instructor pilot (ip) stated that after 90 degrees of turn, the rate of turning started to increase and the student applied left pedal to slow the turn. The ip noted that…
- [NTSB CHI82DA129](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA129.md): Hughes 269A · Lowell, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Final report · Apr 21, 1982 · N8059F · Substantial damage
  > During the first solo flight in a helicopter the pilot was instructed to make three normal takeoffs and landings. On the second landing, when the aircraft came to a hover, the back of the skid struck the ground during a drift-back. The helicopter rolled and…
- [NTSB CHI79FEC32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEC32.md): Hughes 269A · Pontiac, MI · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 24, 1979 · N8863F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI76FEC36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEC36.md): Hughes 269A · Richmond, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Mar 28, 1976 · N8880F · Destroyed
- [NTSB CHI76DEC11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEC11.md): Hughes 269A · Howell, MI · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Sep 14, 1975 · N8823F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI74FEC40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEC40.md): Hughes 269A-1 · Imlay City, MI · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Apr 27, 1974 · N8902F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI74FEC20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEC20.md): Hughes 269A · Howell, MI · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Nov 9, 1973 · N8798F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI73DEC04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEC04.md): Hughes 269A · Troy, MI · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Aug 26, 1972 · N8889F · Destroyed
- [NTSB CHI71FBJ38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI71FBJ38.md): Hughes 269A · No.Muskegon, MI · Accident · Minor injuries · Closed · Nov 11, 1970 · N8773F · Destroyed
- [NTSB CHI67A0088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI67A0088.md): Hughes 269A · W.Bloomfield, MI · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jan 15, 1967 · N8889F · Substantial damage
- [NTSB CHI65A0101](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65A0101.md): Hughes 269A · Troy, MI · Accident · No injuries · Closed · Jun 5, 1965 · N8887F · 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" = 'MI' 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=MI

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