# Accident 19750724024109A: Hughes 269B, Flint, MI, July 24, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1975
- Place: Flint, MI
- Airport: Bishop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 42.9655° N, 83.7447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISHOP INTL (FNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9655&lon=-83.7447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9431F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9431F-2018-03-15) (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: 5,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEC01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750724024109A

## Narrative

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

HIT N1818M,SUBSTANTIAL DMG.

## 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 CHI76FEC01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEC01), Jul 24, 1975: Hughes 269B (N9431F), Flint, MI, 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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