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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269/ · Seattle, WA · June 16, 1978

Date: June 16, 1978 · 11:45 local
Place: Seattle, WA
Airport: Boeing
Phase of flight: Final Approach
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9484F
Reported as: Hughes 269/
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,000 total300 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9484FRegistration cancelled Aug 21, 2025 · Hughes 269BS/N 1160291 Airframe modelHughes 269B Engine modelLycoming IO-360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Helicopter hit birds on final approach. Plexiglass bubble shattered.

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER HIT BIRDS ON FINAL APPROACH. PLEXIGLASS BUBBLE SHATTERED.

Other reports on N9484F · 2

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

Accident 20130723014809ALewiston, IDN9484F, a 1968 Hughes 269B helicopter received substantial damage to the tailboom, tailrotor driveshaft, and main rotor blades as the result of an unsucessful touch-down autorotation. The pilot and sole occupant was a commercial rated helicopter pilot with…Jul 23, 2013 · Substantial damage Accident 19830428067909APwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft · Forgan, OKHooked a skid while hovering to land on a platform. Helicopter rolled off the platform.Apr 28, 1983 · Substantial damage