# Accident 19790919036649A: Hughes 369HS, Duval, FL, September 19, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 1979, 09:10 local time
- Place: Duval, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4850° N, 81.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Duval, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4850&lon=-81.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8623F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,043 total, 215 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA125) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790919036649A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER OBSERVED TO ROCK DURING HOVER, THEN SPIN INTO GROUND. POSSIBLE PILOT INCAPACITATION.

## 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 MIA79FA125](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FA125), Sep 19, 1979: Hughes 369HS (N8623F), Jacksonville, FL, destroyed, 1 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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