# Accident 19800324008779A: Hughes 369, Stevensville, MD, March 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1980
- Place: Stevensville, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9744° N, 76.3185° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stevensville, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9744&lon=-76.3185&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2769, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2769-1981-12-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,182 total, 92 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD80FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA071) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800324008779A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER BECAME MISSING ON FLIGHT NEAR CHESAPEAKE BAY. ONE PIECE OF WRECKAGE AND BODIES WASHED ASHORE.

## 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 IAD80FA071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD80FA071), Mar 24, 1980: Hughes 500 (N2769), Stephensville, MD, destroyed, 2 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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