Hughes 269 accidents

The NTSB database holds 1,213 accidents and incidents involving the Hughes 269, recorded between 1964 to 2026. 103 of them were fatal (8%), and 150 people died.

The deadliest year was 1974, with 12 deaths.

The phase of flight recorded most often is in flight (412 records).

Most of these records are from United States, Canada and New Zealand.

897 of these records have no coordinates in the source data, so they appear in the list below but not on the map.

1,213

Records

103

Fatal

150

Deaths

Share fatal

1964 to 2026

Period

Show these on the map 316 of 1,213 have coordinates

By decade

1960s 354

1970s 410

1980s 220

1990s 112

2000s 74

2010s 31

2020s 12

Where these happened

United States 1,199 Canada 2 New Zealand 2 Other-Foreign Countries 2 Germany 2 Japan 1

Operators involved

Helicopters In 15 Southland Heli 8 Helicopter SER 7 Agricultural H 6 Plains Helicop 6 Southern Helic 6

All 1,213 records by number of deaths, then by date

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
21 Aug 1988	Hughes 269B N9499F	Hampton, Illinois, United States no coordinates	Midwest Aviation Corp.	Fatal	3
19 Apr 1966	Hughes 269B N9363F	Beaver Oreg, Oregon, United States no coordinates	Columbia Helic	Fatal	3
2 May 1965	Hughes 269A N8905F	Westerlo Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
20 Jun 1964	Hughes 269B N9324F	Coon Rapids Minn, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	3
27 Jan 2026	Hughes 269C ZK-HGP	Paekakariki Hill, New Zealand	-	Fatal	2
9 Feb 2025	Hughes 269C D-HSEP	Dippenricht, Germany no coordinates	Franken-Helikopters	Fatal	2
1 Jul 2015	Hughes 269C N9490F	Asotin, Washington, United States	-	Fatal	2
15 Jul 2008	Hughes 269B N469E	Salesville, Arkansas, United States	Ozark Mountain Helicopters, LLC	Fatal	2
27 Sep 2005	Hughes 269C JA7670	Daisen, Japan no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Apr 2003	Hughes 269B N16133	Auburn, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
27 Mar 2000	Hughes 269C N1110N	Del Rio, Texas, United States	Usda/Aphis/Wildlife Svcs	Fatal	2
8 Mar 2000	Hughes 269C GZAPS	Tysford, United Kingdom no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Jan 1993	Hughes 269C N1088Z	Tonawanda, New York, United States	Bucholtz Aviation	Fatal	2
25 Sep 1992	Hughes 269C N9609F	East Bernstadt, Kentucky, United States	Helicopters, Inc.	Fatal	2
18 Sep 1989	Hughes 269A N8134Y	Agana, United States no coordinates	Government of Guam	Fatal	2
10 Jun 1989	Hughes 269C N58323	Rainbow Valley, California, United States	Civic Helicopters Inc.	Fatal	2
14 Nov 1988	Hughes 269C N9575F	Mohawk, Tennessee, United States	-	Fatal	2
10 Dec 1986	Hughes 269B N8982F	Cross Plaines, Indiana, United States	-	Fatal	2
13 Nov 1984	Hughes 269B N9336F	Clint, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Jun 1984	Hughes 269B N9400F	Palos Verde Est, California, United States	-	Fatal	2
28 Feb 1983	Hughes 269A N42426	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
1 Nov 1981	Hughes 269A N8833F	Elizabethton, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
11 Sep 1981	Hughes 269C N7497F	Falls Mill, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	Carl E.smith I	Fatal	2
27 Jan 1979	Hughes 269C N7450F	Andytown, Florida, United States no coordinates	Carib Aviation	Fatal	2
1 Sep 1978	Hughes 269C N9295F	Robbinsville, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Phillips & JOR	Fatal	2
7 Aug 1978	Hughes 269C N7477F	Phoenix, Arizona, United States no coordinates	Prof Aviation	Fatal	2
27 Dec 1977	Hughes 269B N9364F	Quincy, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	REX RAY Corp	Fatal	2
16 Mar 1977	Hughes 269C N9619F	Honolulu, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Honolulu Polic	Fatal	2
19 Jun 1974	Hughes 269B N5918F	Reidsville, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	John Smith Inc	Fatal	2
4 Jun 1974	Hughes 269C N8966F	Crockett, California, United States no coordinates	E Bay Regnl PK	Fatal	2
23 May 1974	Hughes 269C N9621F	Key West, Florida, United States no coordinates	Jacksonville H	Fatal	2
16 Feb 1974	Hughes 269C N8975F	Boise City, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	Hughes Helicop	Fatal	2
16 Oct 1973	Hughes 269B N9342F	Springfield, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
2 Oct 1973	Hughes 269C N9628F	Oakland, California, United States no coordinates	City of Oaklan	Fatal	2
18 Apr 1972	Hughes 269 N9635F	Bergoo, West Virginia, United States no coordinates	Marson Coal Co	Fatal	2
15 Aug 1970	Hughes 269B N9304F	Memphis, Tennessee, United States no coordinates	Keith Wilson H	Fatal	2
30 Sep 1968	Hughes 269B N9521F	Whittier, California, United States no coordinates	County of Los	Fatal	2
9 Dec 1967	Hughes 269B N9454F	Evansville, Indiana, United States no coordinates	Crescent City	Fatal	2
12 May 1967	Hughes 269B N700	Federal Dam, Minnesota, United States no coordinates	U.s.dept Inter	Fatal	2
1 Sep 1966	Hughes 269B N9359F	Tuxedo Md, Maryland, United States no coordinates	Loving Helicop	Fatal	2
1 Jul 1966	Hughes 269B N9378F	Oaklnd Arpt Calif, California, United States no coordinates	Commodore Heli	Fatal	2
4 Apr 1966	Hughes 269B N9392F	Little Rock Ark, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	Helicopters In	Fatal	2
9 Sep 1965	Hughes 269B N9347F	Los Angeles Calif, California, United States no coordinates	R.k.gray Helic	Fatal	2
17 Jul 1965	Hughes 269A N8710F	Woodward Okla, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
16 Oct 1964	Hughes 269B N9340F	Crown King Ariz, Arizona, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
14 Oct 1964	Hughes 269A N1010F	Houston Tex, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
26 Jul 1964	Hughes 269B N9348F	Rochester Ny, New York, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	2
10 Aug 2016	Hughes 269C N9277R	Howe, Texas, United States	-	Fatal	1
8 Nov 2007	Hughes 269C N381MC	Baker City, Oregon, United States	Baker Aircraft	Fatal	1
28 May 2006	Hughes 269A N69HU	Berlin Center, Ohio, United States	-	Fatal	1