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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C · Eastwood, KY · June 21, 1979

Date: June 21, 1979 · 10:45 local
Place: Eastwood, KY
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9280F
Reported as: Hughes 269C
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 840 total350 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9280FRegistration cancelled Mar 23, 1993 · Hughes 269CS/N 540305 Airframe modelHughes 269C

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Helicopter on powerline patrol settled to the ground after making a down wind turn

As the FAA filed it

HELICOPTER ON POWERLINE PATROL SETTLED TO THE GROUND AFTER MAKING A DOWN WIND TURN

Other reports on N9280F · 2

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

Accident 19901115050759APwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate · Louisville, KYThrew connecting rod through engine case on pipeline patrol. Made autorotation landing. Rod cap had fatigue mark.Nov 15, 1990 · Substantial damage Accident 19850825041339APwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft · Elizabethtown, KYEntered heavy rain shower and bubble fogged up. Descended until tail rotor contacted a lake. Aircraft sank.Aug 25, 1985 · Substantial damage