# Accident 19780806021619A: Hughes 269A, Long Beach, CA, August 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1978
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Location: 33.8179° N, 118.1519° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONG BEACH (DAUGHERTY FLD) (LGB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8179&lon=-118.1519&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54HB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N54HB-2014-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,053 total, 2,053 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780806021619A

## Narrative

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

A/C TRAS TO FWD FLT FRM 4'HOVER.SKIDS SNAGGED BRUSH,A/C ROLLED OVAIL BOOM AND BLADES SEPARTED

## 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 LAX78FUA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUA23), Aug 6, 1978: Hughes 269B (N54HB), Long Beach, CA, destroyed

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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