# Accident 19800814036279A: Hughes 269C, Ellsworth, IA, August 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1980, 09:15 local time
- Place: Ellsworth, IA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 42.3102° N, 93.5819° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ellsworth, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3102&lon=-93.5819&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7480F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7480F-2023-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,481 total, 776 in this make and model, 126 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80DCD30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCD30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800814036279A

## Narrative

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

SKID DROPPED INTO WATER FILLER HOLE ON HELIPAD. HELICOPTER PITCHED BACKWARD AND ROLLED OVER.

## 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 MKC80DCD30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80DCD30), Aug 14, 1980: Hughes 269C (N7480F), Ellsworth, IA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7480F (3)

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

- [Accident 20210112001919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210112001919A), Jan 12, 2021: Hughes 269C (N7480F), Spanish Fork, UT, Substantial damage. The crew was conducting required training in preparation for the students category and class rating check ride in two days. The crew practiced several…
- [Incident 20000226004219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000226004219I), Feb 26, 2000: Hughes 269C (N7480F), Mobile Bay, AL, Minor damage. Pilot flying sight seeing tour in Mobile Bay and stated that engine atarted ot lose power. Pilot furthur stated that he could not maintain flight and landed…
- [Accident 19960310003791A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960310003791A), Mar 10, 1996: Hughes 269C (N7480F), Gulfshores, AL, Substantial damage. Crossing runway 09 to land at hangers collided with 172 N6612V that was on final for 09. No radio reports by 269C.

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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