# Accident 19781227045239A: Hughes 369HE, Mecca, CA, December 27, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1978
- Place: Mecca, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 33.5765° N, 116.0647° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mecca, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5765&lon=-116.0647&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501DH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501DH-1979-02-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HE
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,858 total, 2,760 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781227045239A

## Narrative

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

GENERAL DISINTEGRATION.ONE CITRUS TREE.L PEDAL INPUT 33 TRAVEL,TREQUIRED 25 .

## 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 LAX79FA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FA020), Dec 27, 1978: Hughes 500DH (N501DH), Mecca, CA, destroyed, 1 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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