# Accident 19780901033509A: Hughes 269C, Robbinsville, NC, September 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1978
- Place: Robbinsville, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 35.3213° N, 83.8089° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Robbinsville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3213&lon=-83.8089&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9295F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9295F-1982-02-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,075 total, 0 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780901033509A

## Narrative

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

FND 9/2.OIL PUMP IDLER SHFT SEIZED,SAND RUBBING SHAFT,IMPELLER BRENG SEIZED.LO RPM,STEEP DSCNT

## 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 IAD78FA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA104), Sep 1, 1978: Hughes 269C (N9295F), Robbinsville, NC, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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