# Accident 19770705016479A: Hughes 269A, Gooding, ID, July 5, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 1977
- Place: Gooding, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 42.9370° N, 114.7135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gooding, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9370&lon=-114.7135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7432F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7432F-2018-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,550 total, 400 in this make and model, 196 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77DYA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYA27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770705016479A

## Narrative

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

SURVEY OF FIELD TO BE SPRAYED.STRUCK UNMARKED WIRE.

## 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 SEA77DYA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77DYA27), Jul 5, 1977: Hughes 269C (N7432F), Gooding, ID, destroyed

## Other reports on N7432F (2)

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

- [Accident 20140811013229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140811013229A), Aug 11, 2014: Hughes 269C (N7432F), Darington, WA, Substantial damage. The nuts securing the throttle suport bracket vibrated loose causing the bracket to come off the mount studs and loss of throttle control.
- [Accident 19760710017959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760710017959A), Jul 10, 1976: Hughes 269A (N7432F), Gooding, ID, Substantial damage

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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