# Accident 19760710017959A: Hughes 269A, Gooding, ID, July 10, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 1976
- Place: Gooding, ID
- Airport: Gooding
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 42.9171° N, 114.7663° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GOODING MUNI (GNG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9171&lon=-114.7663&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7432F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7432F-2018-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,093 total, 190 in this make and model, 194 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76DYA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYA39) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760710017959A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 SEA76DYA39](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYA39), Jul 10, 1976: Hughes 269A (N7432F), Gooding, ID, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7432F (2)

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

- [Accident 20140811013229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140811013229A), Aug 11, 2014: Hughes 269C (N7432F), Darington, WA, Substantial damage. The nuts securing the throttle suport bracket vibrated loose causing the bracket to come off the mount studs and loss of throttle control.
- [Accident 19770705016479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770705016479A), Jul 5, 1977: Hughes 269A (N7432F), Gooding, ID, Destroyed. Survey of field to be sprayed. Struck unmarked wire.

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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