# Incident 19790203004499I: Hughes 269C, Santa Ana, CA, February 3, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 3, 1979, 12:45 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: Orange Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7414F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7414F-2011-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 3,500 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/19790203004499I

## Narrative

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

JET BLAST DAMAGED PARKED HELICOPTER.

## Other reports on N7414F (1)

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

- [Incident 20000723035999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000723035999I), Jul 23, 2000: Hughes 269C (N7414F), Ana Heim, CA. (-23)During a practice autorotation the right tail rotor pedal broke. All flight controls were functioning normal until the end of the maneuver. At the bottom…

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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