# Accident 19780317003969A: Hughes 269A, The Dalles, OR, March 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1978
- Place: The Dalles, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 45.5984° N, 121.1524° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of The Dalles, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.5984&lon=-121.1524&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7471F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,547 total, 151 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYM21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780317003969A

## Narrative

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

FOUR SETS OF PWR LINES IN AREA.

## 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 SEA78DYM21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYM21), Mar 17, 1978: Hughes 269C (N7471F), The Dalles, OR, destroyed

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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