# Incident 19790509026039I: Hughes 269A, Linden, MI, May 9, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1979, 19:30 local time
- Place: Linden, MI
- Airport: Price
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8192° N, 83.7812° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Linden, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8192&lon=-83.7812&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8898F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8898F-1983-03-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A (registry code 4470402, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 225 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/19790509026039I

## Narrative

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

DURING FUNCTIONAL AND POWER CHECK AFTER ENGINE OVERHAUL HELICOPTER WENT INTO GROUND RESONANCE. DESTROYED.

## Other reports on N8898F (1)

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

- [Accident 19750601015839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750601015839A), Jun 1, 1975: Hughes 269A (N8898F), Rossville, KS, Destroyed. Insufficient a/s or alt for autorotation.

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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