# Accident 19780831029749A: Hughes 269A, Baxter, IA, August 31, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1978
- Place: Baxter, IA
- Airport: Heli-Pad On Truck
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 41.8252° N, 93.1525° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baxter, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8252&lon=-93.1525&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7431F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7431F-1983-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 760 in this make and model, 160 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FCD50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCD50) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780831029749A

## Narrative

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

SPRAY BOOM STRUCK TRUCK WHILE MANEUVERING TO LAND ON MOBILE PAD.

## 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 MKC78FCD50](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FCD50), Aug 31, 1978: Hughes 300C (N7431F), Baxter, IA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7431F (1)

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

- [Incident 19810317019789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810317019789I), Mar 17, 1981: Hughes 269C (N7431F), Davenport, IA, Minor damage. Pilots canopy bowed inward at 85 knots. Canopy popped back out and cracked when speed reduced. Not enough thickness

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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