# Accident 19810815049759A: Hughes 269A, Sale City, GA, August 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1981, 13:00 local time
- Place: Sale City, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.2629° N, 84.0208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sale City, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2629&lon=-84.0208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8935F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8935F-2014-11-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A-1 (registry code 4470404, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HO-360 series (registry code 41513, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ho-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Reported engine: LYC HO360A1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,185 total, 2,185 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DLA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DLA13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810815049759A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND CRASHED DURING SWATH RUN.  TAIL ROTOR BLADE FAILURE.

## 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 ATL81DLA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DLA13), Aug 15, 1981: Hughes 269A-1 (N8935F), Sale City, GA, 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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