# Incident 19780616046099I: Hughes 269/, Seattle, WA, June 16, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1978, 11:45 local time
- Place: Seattle, WA
- Airport: Boeing
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.6062° N, 122.3321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Seattle, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.6062&lon=-122.3321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9484F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9484F-2025-08-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360 series (registry code 41881, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269/
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780616046099I

## Narrative

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

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 20130723014809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130723014809A), Jul 23, 2013: Hughes 269B (N9484F), Lewiston, ID, Substantial damage. N9484F, a 1968 Hughes 269B helicopter received substantial damage to the tailboom, tailrotor driveshaft, and main rotor blades as the result of an unsucessful…
- [Accident 19830428067909A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830428067909A), Apr 28, 1983: Hughes 269B (N9484F), Forgan, OK, Substantial damage. Hooked a skid while hovering to land on a platform. Helicopter rolled off the platform.

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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