# Accident 19801026058349A: Hughes 269B, Girard, TX, October 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 1980, 09:00 local time
- Place: Girard, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3635° N, 100.6597° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Girard, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3635&lon=-100.6597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9397F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9397F-2013-03-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269B (registry code 4470502, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,596 total, 1,411 in this make and model, 92 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801026058349A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES TAIL ROTOR STRUCK BRUSH DURING HOVER WHILE HERDING CATTLE.

## 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 FTW81FQG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQG04), Oct 26, 1980: Hughes 269B (N9397F), Girard, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N9397F (2)

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

- [Accident 19760531013709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760531013709A), May 31, 1976: Hughes 269B (N9397F), Gaithersburgh, MD, Substantial damage
- [Accident 19740213002459A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740213002459A), Feb 13, 1974: Hughes 269B (N9397F), Gaithersburg, MD, Substantial damage. Run-on ldg. While running on gnd nose pitched up t/r struck ground.

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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