# Accident 19780525015189A: Hughes 269A, Vancouver,Wa, OR, May 25, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1978
- Place: Vancouver,Wa, OR
- Airport: Pearson Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Aircraft: N8850F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8850F-1982-04-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A (registry code 4470402, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,622 total, 1,092 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780525015189A

## Narrative

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

ORIGINAL BOOST PUMP HAD NO ID DECALS.REPLACED WITH PUMP THAT APPEARE SIMILAR,NO INTERNAL BYPASS.

## 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 SEA78FA033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA033), May 25, 1978: Hughes 269A (N8850F), Vancouver, WA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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