# Accident 19760720020809A: Hughes 269A, Maroa, IL, July 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 1976
- Place: Maroa, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 40.0365° N, 88.9562° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Maroa, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0365&lon=-88.9562&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7435F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7435F-1976-08-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 910 total, 350 in this make and model, 204 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEV50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEV50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760720020809A

## Narrative

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

MALE FITTING FROM BOTTOM OF FUEL TANK TO WHICH FUEL LINE B NUT ATTACHES WAS NOT FOUND.

## 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 CHI76FEV50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEV50), Jul 20, 1976: Hughes 269C (N7435F), Maroa, IL, 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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