# NTSB FTW67A0028: Hughes 269A, N8844F, Wylie, TX, September 3, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 3, 1966
- Place: Wylie, TX · WYLIE, TX
- Location: 33.0293° N, 96.5271° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wylie, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0293&lon=-96.5271&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 21, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 121537
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW67A0028
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW67A0028

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0881   66/9/3    WYLIE TEX           HUGHES 269A         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 4762
        TIME - 1430                    N8844F              PX-  0  0  0  FERRY                     TOTAL HOURS, 162 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M.
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
                                  DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM
        REMARKS- PLT WAS FOLLOWING A TRUCK AT ABOUT 25 MPH WHEN SPIN TO RIGHT STARTED.AUTOROTATION STOPPED SPIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8844F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8844F-2018-01-09), registration cancelled 2018-01-09, S/N 43-0206, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Registry model: [Hughes 269A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (registry code 4470402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming GO-435](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435) (registry code 41520, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N8844F (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 UNK64X4012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4012), Sep 16, 1964: Hughes 269A (N8844F), Santa Ana, CA, destroyed

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.

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