# Accident 19791004043669A: Hughes 369HS, Mount Crawford, VA, October 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 1979, 15:50 local time
- Place: Mount Crawford, VA
- Airport: Weyers Cave
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3624° N, 78.9416° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Crawford, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3624&lon=-78.9416&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9076F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,997 total, 31 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA003) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791004043669A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS OBSERVED LOW FLYING HELICOPTER THEN PARTS FLEW OFF SAME, THEN CRASHED. NO MECHANICAL DEFECTS.

## 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 IAD80FA003](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA003), Oct 4, 1979: Hughes 369HS (N9076F), Mt Crawford, VA, destroyed, 3 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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