# Accident 19790703018209A: Hughes 269C, Hurtsboro, AL, July 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 3, 1979, 11:45 local time
- Place: Hurtsboro, AL
- Airport: Sehoy
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.2213° N, 85.4718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SEHOY (AL05), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2213&lon=-85.4718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222SW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N222SW-1980-02-25) (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: 808 total, 93 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKJ52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKJ52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790703018209A

## Narrative

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

OPERATOR WAS TRAINING NEW PILOT IN AG. OPERATIONS,STUDENT ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO DECAY DURING PROCEDURE TURN.

## 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 MIA79DKJ52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKJ52), Jul 3, 1979: Hughes 269C (N222SW), Hurtsboro, AL, destroyed

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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