# Accident 19800831057799A: Hughes 269C, Pilot Rock, OR, August 31, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 31, 1980, 14:00 local time
- Place: Pilot Rock, OR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4928° N, 118.8302° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pilot Rock, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4928&lon=-118.8302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9643F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9643F-2018-02-15) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 612 total, 570 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA81FYM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYM07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800831057799A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING, ROLLED BACKWARDS ON IMPACT. FOUND SLEEPING BAG, TIED ON OUTSIDE CAUGHT V BELTS.

## 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 SEA81FYM07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA81FYM07), Aug 31, 1980: Hughes 269C (N9643F), Pilot Rock, OR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N9643F (1)

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

- [Accident 20030528010329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030528010329A), May 28, 2003: Hughes 269C (N9643F), Denver, CO, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On may 28, 2003 at approximately 0900 a helicopter was observed flying a pattern that a.m. in what was termed training for a "helicopter commercial…

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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