# Accident 19790309013319A: Hughes 369D, Angleton, TX, March 9, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 9, 1979, 13:20 local time
- Place: Angleton, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1718° N, 95.4293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Angleton, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1718&lon=-95.4293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58333, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58333-1982-11-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 6,150 total, 400 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790309013319A

## Narrative

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

OPERATED HELICOPTER AT TREE TOP LEVEL,HIT POWER LINES,CRASHED AND BURNED.

## 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 FTW79FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA059), Mar 9, 1979: Hughes 369D (N58333), Angleton, TX, destroyed, 2 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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