# Accident 19790707034299A: Hughes 369HS, Hunter, NY, July 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 7, 1979, 17:40 local time
- Place: Hunter, NY
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2105° N, 74.2154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hunter, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2105&lon=-74.2154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9062F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,645 total, 235 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA052) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790707034299A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE A STEEP CLIMB OVER TREES ON TAKEOFF. SETTLED WITH POWER, STRUCK THE GROUND.

## 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 NYC79FA052](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA052), Jul 7, 1979: Hughes 369HS (N9062F), Hunter, NY, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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