# Accident 19780506025449A: Hughes 269A, Mendota, IL, May 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1978
- Place: Mendota, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 41.5567° N, 89.1005° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mendota, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5567&lon=-89.1005&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7476F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7476F-1984-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 278 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78DEE33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEE33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780506025449A

## Narrative

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

ATTN DIVERTED TO SPRAY EQUIPMENT.

## 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 CHI78DEE33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEE33), May 6, 1978: Hughes 269C (N7476F), Mendota, IL, 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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