# Accident 19790526011909A: Hughes 269C, Globe, AZ, May 26, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1979, 16:15 local time
- Place: Globe, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3937° N, 110.7412° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Globe, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3937&lon=-110.7412&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8385F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8385F-1981-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,819 total, 77 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUJ76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ76) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790526011909A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER FLYING TOO CLOSE TO MOUNTAINS ENCOUNTERED DOWNDRAFT AND CRASHED DURING CROSSCOUNTRY FLIGHT.

## 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 LAX79DUJ76](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ76), May 26, 1979: Hughes 300 (N8385F), Globe, AZ, substantial damage

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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