# Accident 19800918057759A: Hughes 269C, Miami, FL, September 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1980, 13:20 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10PY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10PY-1980-12-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,080 total, 284 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA105) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800918057759A

## Narrative

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

FIRE ERUPTED IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT JUST PRIOR TO LANDING IN A SWAMPTY AREA. EXACT CAUSE OF FIRE UNKNOWN.

## 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 MIA80FA105](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FA105), Sep 18, 1980: Hughes 269C (N10PY), Miami, FL, 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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