# Accident 19790807025969A: Hughes 269C, Montezuma, GA, August 7, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1979, 19:30 local time
- Place: Montezuma, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.2972° N, 84.0191° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Montezuma, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2972&lon=-84.0191&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7422F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7422F-2003-05-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,556 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKG57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKG57) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790807025969A

## Narrative

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

LINEAR ACTUATOR CABLE FAILED DURING AG OPERATION. MADE HARD AUTOROTATION LANDING. DEMOLISHED HELICOPTER.

## 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 MIA79DKG57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKG57), Aug 7, 1979: Hughes 269C (N7422F), Montezuma, GA, 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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