# Accident 19800601017769A: Hughes 269C, Willmar, NM, June 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 1, 1980, 17:00 local time
- Place: Willmar, NM
- Airport: Carleton Larson
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Aircraft: N7448F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7448F-2015-04-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 414 total, 109 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80DER43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DER43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800601017769A

## Narrative

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

ALLOWED ROTOR RPM TO DECAY IN GUSTY LANDING APPROACH. LOST CONTROL. ROTOR HIT TREE.

## 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 CHI80DER43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80DER43), Jun 1, 1980: Hughes 269C (N7448F), Willmar, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7448F (2)

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

- [Accident 19900621022059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900621022059A), Jun 21, 1990: Hughes 269C (N7448F), Saluda, SC, Substantial damage. Powerline patrol practice helicopter settled with full power in a slow speed turn. Density altitude a factor.
- [Accident 19790702023079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790702023079A), Jul 2, 1979: Hughes 269C (N7448F), Willmar, MN, Substantial damage. Attempted takeoff over gross weight and out of CG. Unable to climb. Hit hard. Went into ground resonance.

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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