# Accident 19740506012029A: Hughes 269B, Redwood Cty, CA, May 6, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1974
- Place: Redwood Cty, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Location: 37.5153° N, 122.2137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redwood City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5153&lon=-122.2137&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9562F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,178 total, 300 in this make and model, 72 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK74AP056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740506012029A

## Narrative

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

SAND BAR.R SKID BROKE THRU SURFACE AND DUG IN.SEATBELT BUCKLE OPENED ON IMPACT.

## 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 OAK74AP056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK74AP056), May 6, 1974: Hughes 269B (N9562F), Redwood Cty, CA, destroyed, 1 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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