# Accident 19750711025769A: Hughes 369HE, Blythe, CA, July 11, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 1975
- Place: Blythe, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 33.6535° N, 114.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blythe, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6535&lon=-114.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9296F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HE
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,368 total, 3,815 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76DUG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUG05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750711025769A

## Narrative

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

FUEL PUMP ACTUATING ARM FAILED.

## 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 LAX76DUG05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76DUG05), Jul 11, 1975: Hughes 269 (N9296F), Blythe, CA, 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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