# Accident 19800503011329A: Hughes 269C, Martin, TN, May 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Martin, TN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.3379° N, 88.8514° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Martin, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3379&lon=-88.8514&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9665F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9665F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,601 total, 81 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FLT07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLT07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800503011329A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER SKID HIT WIRE ON EDGE OF FIELD DURING SPRAY OPERATIONS.

## 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 ATL80FLT07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLT07), May 3, 1980: Hughes 269C (N9665F), Martin, TN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9665F (2)

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

- [Accident 19861119058499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861119058499A), Nov 19, 1986: Hughes 269C (N9665F), Eden, NC, Substantial damage. The engine failed from fuel exhaustion and the helicpoter rolled over on landing. Fuel quantity gauge malfunctioned
- [Accident 19751003034489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751003034489A), Oct 3, 1975: Hughes 369HS (N9665F), Cape Girardeau, MO, Substantial damage. Downwind ldg-lost control

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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