# Accident 19800626023789A: Hughes 269C, Inglis, FL, June 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1980, 15:20 local time
- Place: Inglis, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0330° N, 82.6610° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Inglis, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0330&lon=-82.6610&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58225 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 300 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800626023789A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MIA80FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA075), Jun 26, 1980: Hughes 269C (N58225), Inglis, FL, destroyed

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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