# Accident 19800826040959A: Hughes 369, Wrangell, AK, August 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 1980, 09:15 local time
- Place: Wrangell, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 56.4708° N, 132.3767° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wrangell, AK, within about 29 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=56.4708&lon=-132.3767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9207F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,317 total, 157 in this make and model, 157 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA094) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800826040959A

## Narrative

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

PASSENGERS OFF-LOADED WITH ROTORS TURNING. PILOT SECURED CONTROLS. GOT OUT, HELICOPTER FELL OFF HELIPAD.

## 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 ANC80DA094](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA094), Aug 26, 1980: Hughes 369HS (N9207F), Wrangell, AK, destroyed

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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