NTSB investigations: Hughes 269A, AZ

10 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Hughes 269A. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

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NTSB investigations: Hughes 269A, AZ per year, 1964–2026: 10 cases
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  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'
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  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB LAX84LA260Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes 269 · Mesa, AZThe 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…Apr 17, 1984 · N8773F · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA340Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHughes 269 · Mesa, AZThe 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.…Jul 16, 1983 · N8773F · Substantial damageNTSB LAX79FUK19Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269A · Phoenix, AZSep 11, 1979 · N87592 · Substantial damageNTSB LAX69D0177Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269A · Phoenix, AZOct 24, 1968 · N8717F · Substantial damageNTSB DEN65A0075Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269A · Roosevelt, AZMay 22, 1965 · N8923F · Substantial damageNTSB UNK65X0561Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269A · Mt Trumbull, AZNov 4, 1964 · N8812F · Substantial damageNTSB UNK65X0133Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269A · Scottsdale, AZOct 3, 1964 · N8744F · Substantial damageNTSB UNK64X3704Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269A · Phoenix, AZAug 31, 1964 · N8784F · DestroyedNTSB UNK64X1502Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269A · Phoenix, AZApr 28, 1964 · N8923F · Substantial damageNTSB UNK64X1150Accident · No injuriesClosedHughes 269A · Phoenix, AZApr 3, 1964 · N8784F · Substantial damage