# Accident 19790929025069A: Hughes 269A, Trenton, SC, September 29, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Trenton, SC
- Airport: Trenton
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.7414° N, 81.8395° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Trenton, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7414&lon=-81.8395&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8853F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8853F-1982-01-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A (registry code 4470402, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,255 total, 8,180 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLG38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790929025069A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER SKID HIT GROUND ON LIFTOFF. HELICOPTER BEGAN TO VIBRATE. DESTROYED BY GROUND RESONANCE.

## 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 MIA79DLG38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLG38), Sep 29, 1979: Hughes 269A (N8853F), Trenton, SC, destroyed

## Other reports on N8853F (1)

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

- [Accident 19750608014569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750608014569A), Jun 8, 1975: Hughes 269A (N8853F), Reidville, SC, 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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