# NTSB investigations: Hughes 269A, 1983

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 ATL83LA387](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA387.md): Hughes 269A · Moultrie, GA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 27, 1983 · N8751F · Substantial damage
  > The acft landed hard during an autorotational forced landing after engine stoppage. This was an aerial application flt in VMC weather. Reportedly the engine quit at 100 ft AGL over trees while the plt was trying to land to reload. After the power loss a hard…
- [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 ATL83LA246](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA246.md): Hughes 269A · Gastonia, NC · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jun 30, 1983 · N8835F · Substantial damage
  > While en route at 500 ft AGL, the eng suddenly lost power & went to idle RPM. During an autorotation to the side of a highway, the acft was maneuvered over a power line, then under another line. After touchdown, the helicopter slid into some bushes & a small…
- [NTSB LAX83LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83LA180.md): Hughes 269A · Lindsay, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 17, 1983 · N8775F · Substantial damage
  > The plt was rounding up cattle for a bbq. One of the steer in the herd charged the helicopter & struck its skid. The main rotor deflected & severed the tail boom. The plt lost control of the acft which impacted the ground & rolled over.
- [NTSB MIA83LA087](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA087.md): Hughes 269A · St. Petersburg, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 18, 1983 · N9020M · Substantial damage
  > The helicopter contacted the ground with a skid during a hover and ended up in a dynamic roll over. This was a dual instructional flt and the student was at the controls in a hover at the runways end awaiting twr instructions when the right skid became stuck…

## 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 year(c."eventDate") = 1983
  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&year=1983

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