# Accident 19800627024009A: Hughes 269A, Beaufort, SC, June 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 1980, 19:20 local time
- Place: Beaufort, SC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.4531° N, 80.7186° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Beaufort, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4531&lon=-80.7186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8845F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8845F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A (registry code 4470402, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Reported engine: LYC HO360B1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,750 total, 570 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FLG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLG15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800627024009A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT WHILE SPRAYING. HELICOPTER DROPPED TO GROUND ON ITS' SIDE. NO ENGINE OR CONTROL PROBLEMS FOUND.

## 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 ATL80FLG15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLG15), Jun 27, 1980: Hughes 269 (N8845F), Beaufort, SC, 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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