# Accident 19800603046119A: Hughes 269C, Dexter, MN, June 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Dexter, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.7194° N, 92.7017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dexter, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7194&lon=-92.7017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7482F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7482F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,784 total, 350 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FER44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FER44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800603046119A

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM HIGH SINK RATE DESCENDING FROM PROCEDURE TURN. BELIEVED SETTLING WITH POWER, CAUSE.

## 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 CHI80FER44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FER44), Jun 3, 1980: Hughes 269C (N7482F), Dexter, MN, destroyed

## Other reports on N7482F (1)

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

- [Accident 20170610009439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170610009439A), Jun 10, 2017: Hughes 269C (N7482F), Tallulah, LA, Substantial damage. When interviewed, the [privacy data omitted]pilot explained that he had flown in to talullah and shut down the helicopter to attend a gathering for a few…

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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