# Accident 19760328006689A: Hughes 269A, Richmond, MI, March 28, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1976
- Place: Richmond, MI
- Airport: Home Hangar
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Location: 42.8106° N, 82.7522° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Richmond, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8106&lon=-82.7522&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8880F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8880F-1976-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A (registry code 4470402, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 110 total, 110 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEC36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEC36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760328006689A

## Narrative

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

FUEL STRAINER BRACKET 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 CHI76FEC36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEC36), Mar 28, 1976: Hughes 269A (N8880F), Richmond, MI, destroyed

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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