# Accident 19770530015509A: Hughes 269C, Colorado Sprgs, CO, May 30, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1977
- Place: Colorado Sprgs, CO
- Airport: Peterson Field
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Location: 38.8339° N, 104.8214° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Colorado Springs, CO, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8339&lon=-104.8214&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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 405 total, 201 in this make and model, 68 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN78FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770530015509A

## 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 DEN78FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN78FA017), May 30, 1977: Hughes 269C (N7457F), Colorado Sprgs, CO, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N7457F (1)

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

- [Accident 19761114036689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761114036689A), Nov 14, 1976: Hughes 269C (N7457F), Two Buttes, CO, Substantial damage. Tumbleweeds caught in tail rotor,caused vibration and loss of rotor RPM.

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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