# Accident 19800930074359A: Hughes 369HS, Intl Waters, CA, September 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 30, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Intl Waters, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9252F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9252F-1983-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 5,640 total, 315 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA001) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800930074359A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO ROLL OVER AND GO INTO WATER WHILE FISH SPOTTING OVER PACIFIC OCEAN OFF MEXICO.

## 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 LAX81FA001](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FA001), Sep 30, 1980: Hughes 369HS (N9252F), Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean), destroyed, 2 fatal

## Other reports on N9252F (1)

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

- [Accident 19751030035549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751030035549A), Oct 30, 1975: Hughes 369HS (N9252F), Colorado Spgs, CO, Substantial damage. Practice autorotation.

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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