# Incident 19781023028069I: Hughes 269B, Linden, MI, October 23, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1978, 19:30 local time
- Place: Linden, MI
- Airport: Price
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8192° N, 83.7812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Linden, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8192&lon=-83.7812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9310F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9310F-1993-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781023028069I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT ALLOWED TAIL ROTOR TO STRIKE GROUND ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N9310F (1)

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

- [Accident 19790903026859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790903026859A), Sep 3, 1979: Hughes 269B (N9310F), Flint, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot was dropping small advertising parachutes. Pieces of parachute entangled in belt drive assembly.

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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