# Incident 19790621016829I: Hughes 269C, Eastwood, KY, June 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: Eastwood, KY
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2331° N, 85.4558° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eastwood, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2331&lon=-85.4558&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9280F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9280F-1993-03-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 840 total, 350 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/19790621016829I

## Narrative

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

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 19901115050759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901115050759A), Nov 15, 1990: Hughes 269C (N9280F), Louisville, KY, Substantial damage. Threw connecting rod through engine case on pipeline patrol. Made autorotation landing. Rod cap had fatigue mark.
- [Accident 19850825041339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850825041339A), Aug 25, 1985: Hughes 269C (N9280F), Elizabethtown, KY, Substantial damage. Entered heavy rain shower and bubble fogged up. Descended until tail rotor contacted a lake. Aircraft sank.

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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