# Incident 19790131003989I: Hughes 369HS, Santa Barbara, CA, January 31, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Aerial Taxi To Tkof/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4036° N, 119.7137° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Barbara, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4036&lon=-119.7137&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4EE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4EE-2013-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 100 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/19790131003989I

## Narrative

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

A PIECE OF PLYWOOD BLEW INTO THE TAIL ROTOR DURING AIR TAXI.

## Other reports on N4EE (1)

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

- [Accident 19820417018799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820417018799A), Apr 17, 1982: Hughes 369 (N4EE), Page, AZ, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Flight of 3 helicopters flying low over river. One struck a cable stretched over river. Broke up and sank.

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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