# Accident 19750503009499A: Hughes 269B, Port Charlotte, FL, May 3, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1975
- Place: Port Charlotte, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 26.9895° N, 82.1137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Port Charlotte, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.9895&lon=-82.1137&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1080, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1080-1976-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,374 total, 32 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA75DKT77](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DKT77) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750503009499A

## Narrative

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

NO FUEL FOUND IN ACFT FUEL TANKS.NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL SPILLAGE.

## 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 MIA75DKT77](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA75DKT77), May 3, 1975: Hughes 269B (N1080), Port Charlotte, FL, substantial damage

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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