# Accident 19731016041629A: Hughes 269C, Springfield, OH, October 16, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1973
- Place: Springfield, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 39.9289° N, 83.7942° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9289&lon=-83.7942&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9342F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9342F-1974-02-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,135 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC037) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731016041629A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LWR COUPLING DRIVE SHAFT P/N 269A5504-3 FRACTURED AS RESULT OF REVERSE TORSIONAL FATIGUE STRESSES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 CHI74AC037](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC037), Oct 16, 1973: Hughes 269B (N9342F), Springfield, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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