# Accident 19760804024659A: Hughes 269A1, Milagro, NM, August 4, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1976
- Place: Milagro, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 34.9384° N, 105.2392° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milagro, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9384&lon=-105.2392&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8942F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8942F-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A-1 (registry code 4470404, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 103 total, 37 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760804024659A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A LANDING AT A SERVICE STATION BESIDE HIGHWAY.HIT POWERLINE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N8942F (1)

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

- [Accident 20020327005599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020327005599A), Mar 27, 2002: Hughes 269A1 (N8942F), Fort Collins, CO, No damage. (-23)Aircraft lifted off the pad under little or no wind conditions and headed toward the runway for takeoff when the wind gusted and caused the aircraft to…

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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