# Accident 19770915027389A: Hughes 269B, Gaithersburg, MD, September 15, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1977
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Location: 39.1486° N, 77.1951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaithersburg, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1486&lon=-77.1951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9568F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9568F-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,738 total, 800 in this make and model, 188 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD77FIG35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FIG35) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770915027389A

## Narrative

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

STANDARD SKIDS,BOTH WORN EXCESSIVELY.HELO NOSED OVER,M/R HIT GND.

## 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 IAD77FIG35](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD77FIG35), Sep 15, 1977: Hughes 269B (N9568F), Gaithersburg, MD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9568F (1)

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

- [Accident 19780904038559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780904038559A), Sep 4, 1978: Hughes 269A (N9568F), Damascus, MD, Destroyed. The tail rotor fork bolt failed

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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