# Accident 19790917030319A: Hughes 269B, Gaithersburg, MD, September 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 1979, 16:20 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1486° N, 77.1951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaithersburg, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1486&lon=-77.1951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9482F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9482F-1982-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,547 total, 197 in this make and model, 248 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD79FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790917030319A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR,PRACTICING AUTO ROTATION LANDINGS,MADE HARD LANDING ON THIRD TRY,MAIN ROTOR HIT TAIL BOOM

## 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 IAD79FA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD79FA083), Sep 17, 1979: Hughes 269B (N9482F), Gaithersburg, MD, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9482F (3)

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

- [Accident 19800712066089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800712066089A), Jul 12, 1980: Hughes 269B (N9482F), Washington, DC, Destroyed. Engine quit on low altitude sight-seeing flight. Crash-landed in tidal basin. Found cylinder studs had failed.
- [Accident 19771108035169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771108035169A), Nov 8, 1977: Hughes 269A (N9482F), Gainesville, FL, Substantial damage. Sightseeing for hire. Lower short shaft failure P/N268A 5504-3.
- [Accident 19770416016529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770416016529A), Apr 16, 1977: Hughes 269B (N9482F), Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. P/N269-A8442-2 failed due to gross overload. Full pwr could not be obtained.

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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