N9471F — routes, history & safety record

We’re still collecting data for this aircraft. Routes appear once we’ve seen it fly enough times.

Safety history

May 3, 2006Accident
Fatigue failure of the fuselage-to-tail boom cluster fitting, and the secondary failure of the tail rotor drive shaft. An additional cause was the incomplete compliance with an applicable Airworthiness Directive. A factor was the ditch.
Hughes 269B
May 20, 1984Accident
THE PLT LANDED THE HELICOPTER IN A GRASSY AREA TO TALK TO A FRIEND. DURING DEPARTURE, HE FLEW OVER A CORN FIELD, & AT THAT TIME, AN EMPTY PAPER/PLASTIC CORN SEED SACK WAS DRAWN UP INTO THE MAIN ROTOR & A SEVERE VIBRATION BEGAN. HE THEN LANDED IN THE FIELD & SLID ABOUT 30 FT, THE SKIDS DUG INTO THE GROUND & THE HELICOPTER ROLLED OVER.
Hughes 269B
August 20, 1975Accident
Failed To See And Avoid Objects Or Obstructions. Factors: Hidden Obstructions; High Obstructions
Hughes 269B