# Accident 19770123001299A: Hughes 269B, Gaithersburg, MD, January 23, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1977
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery Arpk
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9483F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9483F-1998-02-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,984 total, 12 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FIG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FIG10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770123001299A

## 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 IAD77FIG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FIG10), Jan 23, 1977: Hughes 269B (N9483F), Gaithersburg, MD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9483F (1)

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

- [Accident 19950722024659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950722024659A), Jul 22, 1995: Hughes 269B (N9483F), Honesdale, PA, Destroyed. Vibration on takeoff. Returned. On ground engine and rotors idling. Severe forward and aft gyration. Strut collapsed

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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