# Accident 19800907041079A: Hughes 269C, Rockford, MN, September 7, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Rockford, MN
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Running(Helicopter/Vtol Ac)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0908° N, 93.7452° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rockford, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0908&lon=-93.7452&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7473F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7473F-1989-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 547 total, 146 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FER59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FER59) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800907041079A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO CLEAR FENCE ON RUNNING TAKEOFF. LOST GROUND EFFECT PRIOR TO TRANSATIONAL LIFT.

## 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 CHI80FER59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FER59), Sep 7, 1980: Hughes 269C (N7473F), Rockford, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7473F (1)

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

- [Accident 19780526015689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780526015689A), May 26, 1978: Hughes 269A (N7473F), Maroa, IL, 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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