# Accident 19800927048659A: Hughes 269C, Iowa City, IA, September 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1980, 13:20 local time
- Place: Iowa City, IA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6557° N, 91.5309° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Iowa City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6557&lon=-91.5309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7484F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7484F-1988-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,976 total, 200 in this make and model, 204 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FCD33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCD33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800927048659A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER PILOT ATTEMPTED AUTOROTATION DURING BANNER TOW OPERATION. CRASHED ON UNSUITABLE TERRAIN.

## 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 MKC80FCD33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCD33), Sep 27, 1980: Hughes 269C (N7484F), Iowa City, IA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7484F (1)

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

- [Accident 19770823031679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770823031679A), Aug 23, 1977: Hughes 269A (N7484F), Grand Canyon, AZ, Substantial damage. Flt in Canyon,lnd in rocks and river. No engine malfunction found

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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