# Accident 19781203036179A: Hughes 269A, Camden, SC, December 3, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 1978
- Place: Camden, SC
- Airport: Woodward Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Location: 34.2836° N, 80.5649° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WOODWARD FLD (CDN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2836&lon=-80.5649&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9455F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,856 total, 1,256 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLG07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781203036179A

## Narrative

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

TAIL ROTOR STRUCK GROUND ON ABRUPT AFT CYCLIC INPUT FOL BY MAIN RS STRIKING GROUND.

## 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 MIA79FLG07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLG07), Dec 3, 1978: Hughes 269B (N9455F), Camden, SC, substantial damage

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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