# Accident 19780729040039A: Hughes 369HE, Ketchikan, AK, July 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1978
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8318F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8318F-1981-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,022 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC78DA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DA061) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780729040039A

## Narrative

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

T/R BLADE PROTECTIVE TAPE CAME OFF IN FLT.PILOT COULD NOT IDENTIFOBLEM.

## 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 ANC78DA061](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC78DA061), Jul 29, 1978: Hughes 500-C (N8318F), Ketchikan, AK, 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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