# Accident 19780715016669A: Hughes 269B, Snoqualamie, WA, July 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1978
- Place: Snoqualamie, WA
- Airport: Fairgrounds
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Aircraft: N9449F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9449F-1996-01-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,951 total, 6 in this make and model, 133 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYE29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780715016669A

## Narrative

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

LDG ON SMALL PLATFORM,ORSTACLES ON 3 SIDES. PAX INADVERTENTLY INTRED WITH ANTI-TORQUE PEDALS.

## 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 SEA78DYE29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYE29), Jul 15, 1978: Hughes 269B (N9449F), Snoqualamie, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9449F (2)

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

- [Incident 19890326051809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890326051809I), Mar 26, 1989: Hughes 269B (N9449F), Hilo, HI, Minor damage. Decided to land and wait out weather. Aricraft lurched and tail rotor hit rock by lava pond. Sight seeing flight.
- [Accident 19750706023389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750706023389A), Jul 6, 1975: Hughes 269B (N9449F), Talkeetna, AK, Substantial damage. Touched dwn with fwd motion & lost ctl. Plt had minimum time in type acft in last 8 yrs.

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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