# Accident 19800806034889A: Hughes 269B, Woodville, LA, August 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1980, 17:30 local time
- Place: Woodville, LA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4577° N, 92.6985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Woodville, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4577&lon=-92.6985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1093D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1093D-2012-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,173 total, 470 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800806034889A

## Narrative

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

HOVERED NEAR GROUND IN DUSTY AREA. ENGINE HEATED, LOST ROTOR RPM. ROTORS HIT TREE OBSCURED BY DUST TRYING TO LAND.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N1093D (1)

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

- [Accident 20031110029139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031110029139A), Nov 10, 2003: Hughes 269B (N1093D), IN, Destroyed. (-23) Witness reported the helicopter flew northbound at low level over six mile island. Once clear of the island's trees, the helicopter descended at an angle…

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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