# Incident 19780113002799I: Hughes 269B, Long Beach, CA, January 13, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 1978, 18:08 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9503F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9503F-2018-06-08) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 700 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780113002799I

## Narrative

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

ROTOR BLADE FLEXED DOWN AND STRUCK PERSON DUE TO ANOTHER HELICOPTER LANDING IN AREA.

## Other reports on N9503F (1)

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

- [Accident 20000927015129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000927015129A), Sep 27, 2000: Hughes 269B (N9503F), Laurel, MT, No damage. (-23) Instructor states student, on second solo pickup, picked up the heli to 3-foot stabilizer hover. Unintentionally raised the collective, thus climbing to…

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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