# Accident 19750915029959A: Hughes 369HS, Venice, LA, September 15, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1975
- Place: Venice, LA
- Airport: Seadrill 14
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 29.2931° N, 89.3689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Venice, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.2931&lon=-89.3689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9088F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9088F-1976-10-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,914 total, 298 in this make and model, 153 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76AF020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750915029959A

## Narrative

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

T/R BLADES HIT 3FT SAFETY NET.PLT POS HELI TO TIEDOWN IN CORNER OF HELIPAD.

## 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 FTW76AF020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76AF020), Sep 15, 1975: Hughes 369HS (N9088F), Venice, LA, 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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