# Accident 19740812025949A: Hughes 269B, Fort Motte, SC, August 12, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1974
- Place: Fort Motte, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 33.7390° N, 80.6926° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Motte, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7390&lon=-80.6926&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9356F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9356F-2018-04-06) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75FLG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FLG10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740812025949A

## Narrative

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

NR 4 CNCTNG ROD BROKE.

## 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 MIA75FLG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75FLG10), Aug 12, 1974: Hughes 269B (N9356F), Fort Motte, SC, destroyed

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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