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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Inglis, FL · June 26, 1980

Date
June 26, 1980 · 15:20 local
Place
Inglis, FL
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N58225
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA80FA075
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,900 total300 in this make and model250 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Fire in flight from exhaust igniting plastic duffel bag attached to float fire deactivated clutch. Auto landed.

As the FAA filed it

FIRE IN FLIGHT FROM EXHAUST IGNITING PLASTIC DUFFEL BAG ATTACHED TO FLOAT FIRE DEACTIVATED CLUTCH. AUTO LANDED.

NTSB investigation

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