# Accident 19800818036879A: Hughes 269B, Whiteville, NC, August 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1980, 11:00 local time
- Place: Whiteville, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.3305° N, 78.7014° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Whiteville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3305&lon=-78.7014&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9435F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9435F-2013-05-22) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FLG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLG18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800818036879A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWER LINE DURING SPRAY RUN. WIRES NOT MARKED. DID NOT USE FIELD SPOTTER TO CHECK FOR WIRES.

## 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 ATL80FLG18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLG18), Aug 18, 1980: Hughes 269B (N9435F), Whiteville, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N9435F (1)

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

- [Accident 19760616015149A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760616015149A), Jun 16, 1976: Hughes 269B (N9435F), Laceys Spring, AL, Substantial damage. Practice autorotations. Tail boom cut off.

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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