# Accident 19750919031699A: Hughes 369HE, Mechanicsville, MD, September 19, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1975
- Place: Mechanicsville, MD
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Location: 38.4291° N, 76.7460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mechanicsville, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4291&lon=-76.7460&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9056F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9056F-2020-08-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HE (registry code 4470720, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369he) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C10D (registry code 54172, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c10d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,180 total, 697 in this make and model, 104 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76DIA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DIA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750919031699A

## Narrative

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

WATER TKOF,REAR SECTION OF FLOATS LIFTED OUT OF WATER FRONT SECT ON WATER.ACFT PITCHED FWD.

## 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 IAD76DIA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76DIA04), Sep 19, 1975: Hughes 369 (N9056F), Mechanicsville, MD, 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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