# Accident 19790903026859A: Hughes 269B, Flint, MI, September 3, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 3, 1979, 15:04 local time
- Place: Flint, MI
- Airport: Bishop
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9655° N, 83.7447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BISHOP INTL (FNT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9655&lon=-83.7447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9310F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9310F-1993-10-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,652 total, 180 in this make and model, 600 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEC51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEC51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790903026859A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS DROPPING SMALL ADVERTISING PARACHUTES. PIECES OF PARACHUTE ENTANGLED IN BELT DRIVE ASSEMBLY.

## 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 CHI79FEC51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEC51), Sep 3, 1979: Hughes 269B (N9310F), Flint, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9310F (1)

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

- [Incident 19781023028069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781023028069I), Oct 23, 1978: Hughes 269B (N9310F), Linden, MI, Minor damage. Student pilot allowed tail rotor to strike ground on landing.

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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