# Accident 19760403007369A: Hughes 269A, West Charlestn, OH, April 3, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1976
- Place: West Charlestn, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 39.9231° N, 84.1336° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Charleston, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9231&lon=-84.1336&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N444E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A (registry code 4470402, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HO-360 series (registry code 41513, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ho-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,223 total, 443 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEG12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760403007369A

## Narrative

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

PAX LEANING OUT TAKING PICTURES,HAD LEG DRAPED OVR COLLECTIVE.

## 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 CHI76FEG12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEG12), Apr 3, 1976: Hughes 269A (N444E), West Charlestn, OH, destroyed

## Other reports on N444E (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750512010269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750512010269A), May 12, 1975: Hughes 269A (N444E), Tipp City, OH, Substantial damage. Sliding lndg following autorotation on plowed gnd.

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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