# Accident 19780524015669A: Hughes 269B, Mechanicsburg, OH, May 24, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 1978
- Place: Mechanicsburg, OH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 40.0735° N, 83.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mechanicsburg, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0735&lon=-83.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9336F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9336F-2013-05-22) (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: 1,254 total, 1,032 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEK20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEK20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780524015669A

## Narrative

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

PLT STATED HE MADE TURN-AROUND CLOSE TO GROUND AND SETTLED DURINGRT OF SWATH RUN.

## 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 CHI78FEK20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEK20), May 24, 1978: Hughes 269B (N9336F), Mechanicsburg, OH, destroyed

## Other reports on N9336F (2)

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

- [Accident 19841113061549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841113061549A), Nov 13, 1984: Hughes 269B (N9336F), Clint, TX, Destroyed. Aircraft trailed smoke and made near vertical descent to ground. Failure of main rotor drive shaft thrust bearing.
- [Accident 19820501019459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820501019459A), May 1, 1982: Hughes 269B (N9336F), Las Vegas, NV, Destroyed. Crash occurred during autorotaion landing after engine quit due to fuel exhaustion.

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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