# Accident 19740418009729A: Hughes 269B, Seattle, WA, April 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1974
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9332F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9332F-2017-02-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,214 total, 2,800 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA74FYE43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYE43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740418009729A

## Narrative

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

IP HIT ON HEAD WHILE DPTNG HELI,M/R STILL ROTATING.IP 6 FT 3 IN TALL.

## 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 SEA74FYE43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA74FYE43), Apr 18, 1974: Hughes 269B (N9332F), Seattle, WA, no damage

## Other reports on N9332F (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19960601012369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960601012369A), Jun 1, 1996: Hughes 269B (N9332F), Georgetown, CA, Substantial damage. Practice autorotation reported power was lost. Reported soft forced landing but rocked forward. Rotors hit airframe
- [Accident 19861022049699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861022049699A), Oct 22, 1986: Hughes 269B (N9332F), Fairbanks, AK, Substantial damage. The engine failed. The hellicopter rolled over on forced landing. Cause of engine failure is undetermined.

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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