# Accident 19800812040919A: Hughes 369HS, Sitka, AK, August 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 1980, 08:35 local time
- Place: Sitka, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 57.0531° N, 135.3300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sitka, AK, within about 30 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=57.0531&lon=-135.3300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9052F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9052F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA083) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800812040919A

## Narrative

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

HARD LANDING FROM UNCHECKED HIGH SINK RATE ON APPROACH. POSSIBLE DOWNDRAFT OR SETTLING WITH POWER. OVER GROSS.

## 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 ANC80DA083](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA083), Aug 12, 1980: Hughes 500C (N9052F), Sitka, AK, substantial damage

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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