# Accident 19791204033359A: Hughes 269C, Garden City, KS, December 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 4, 1979, 13:50 local time
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9759° N, 100.8509° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Garden City, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9759&lon=-100.8509&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7481F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,505 total, 505 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FCQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCQ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791204033359A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO GET LOW. WAS UNABLE TO REGAIN RPM BEFORE STRIKING THE GROUND.

## 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 MKC80FCQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCQ03), Dec 4, 1979: Hughes 269C (N7481F), Garden City, KS, 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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