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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Scottdale, PA · May 29, 1980

Date
May 29, 1980 · 08:32 local
Place
Scottdale, PA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N7426F
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC80FGM21
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,315 total95 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot flew into a wire while spraying. Aircraft turned over while making a forced landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT FLEW INTO A WIRE WHILE SPRAYING. AIRCRAFT TURNED OVER WHILE MAKING A FORCED LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.