# Accident 19760715020319A: Hughes 269B, Orangeburg, SC, July 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1976
- Place: Orangeburg, SC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 33.4936° N, 80.8669° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orangeburg, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4936&lon=-80.8669&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9436F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9436F-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,025 total, 4,900 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA76FLG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FLG41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760715020319A

## Narrative

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

PLT MADE SAFE EMERG LDG ACFT CONSUMED BY FIRE A RESULT OF NR 4 CONROD AND FRACTURE OF ENG CASE.

## 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 MIA76FLG41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA76FLG41), Jul 15, 1976: Hughes 269B (N9436F), Orangeburg, SC, 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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