# Accident 19800730030059A: Hughes 269B, Decatur, AL, July 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1980, 10:05 local time
- Place: Decatur, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.6059° N, 86.9833° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Decatur, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6059&lon=-86.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9533F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9533F-2012-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 264 total, 25 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80DKJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKJ20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800730030059A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED NEEDLES SPLIT AT LOW ALTITUDE CRASH LANDED. NO ENGINE MALFUNCTIONS 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 ATL80DKJ20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80DKJ20), Jul 30, 1980: Hughes 269B (N9533F), Decatur, AL, 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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