# Accident 19780628020079A: Hughes 269B, Tipp City, OH, June 28, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 1978
- Place: Tipp City, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Power On Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Location: 39.9645° N, 84.1864° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tipp City, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9645&lon=-84.1864&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9439F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9439F-1993-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 588 total, 184 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78DEG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEG13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780628020079A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI78DEG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78DEG13), Jun 28, 1978: Hughes 269B (N9439F), Tipp City, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9439F (2)

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

- [Incident 19780803049409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780803049409I), Aug 3, 1978: Hughes 269B (N9439F), Vandalia, OH, Minor damage. Bad vibration followed by tail rotor dirve shaft failure. Shaft part number 6040, spline number 5430.
- [Accident 19770523012639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770523012639A), May 23, 1977: Hughes 269B (N9439F), Post, TX, 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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