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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269A · Derry, PA · September 4, 1978

Date
September 4, 1978
Place
Derry, PA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7466F
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC78FA088
Reported as
Hughes 269A
Fatal injuries
7
Pilot’s flight hours
224 total59 in this make and model38 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Dropping ping-pong balls. Church school on left. Collided with caal tent and chain link fence.

As the FAA filed it

DROPPING PING-PONG BALLS. CHURCH SCHOOL ON LEFT. COLLIDED WITH CAAL TENT AND CHAIN LINK FENCE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.