# Accident 19761114036689A: Hughes 269C, Two Buttes, CO, November 14, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1976
- Place: Two Buttes, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 37.5607° N, 102.3966° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Two Buttes, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5607&lon=-102.3966&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7457F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7457F-1977-09-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,688 total, 87 in this make and model, 87 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN77DTE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DTE07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761114036689A

## Narrative

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

TUMBLEWEEDS CAUGHT IN TAIL ROTOR,CAUSED VIBRATION AND LOSS OF ROTOR RPM.

## 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 DEN77DTE07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN77DTE07), Nov 14, 1976: Hughes 269C (N7457F), Two Buttes, CO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7457F (1)

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

- [Accident 19770530015509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770530015509A), May 30, 1977: Hughes 269C (N7457F), Colorado Sprgs, CO, 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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