# Accident 19800803032859A: Hughes 269C, Edgerton, WY, August 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1980, 07:30 local time
- Place: Edgerton, WY
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4141° N, 106.2478° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edgerton, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4141&lon=-106.2478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7412F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7412F-1989-10-06) (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: 549 total, 201 in this make and model, 111 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTC20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTC20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800803032859A

## Narrative

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

HEARD NOISE IN AIRCRAFT. MADE HARD AUTOROTATION PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. SOURCE OF NOISE NOT DETERMINED.

## 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 DEN80FTC20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTC20), Aug 3, 1980: Hughes 269C (N7412F), Edgerton, WY, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7412F (1)

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

- [Accident 19830812040979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830812040979A), Aug 12, 1983: Hughes 269C (N7412F), Dodge City, KS, Substantial damage. Tail boom center support failed hit main rotors. Tail rotor drive broke. Gearbox fell off. Impacted in level turn.

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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