# Accident 19810907062089A: Hughes 269C, Aptos, CA, September 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 1981, 13:15 local time
- Place: Aptos, CA
- Airport: Watsonville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.9357° N, 121.7896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WATSONVILLE MUNI (WVI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9357&lon=-121.7896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9675F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,330 total, 545 in this make and model, 260 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81DVM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVM30) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810907062089A

## Narrative

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

FATIGUED AG PILOT STRUCK WIRES MID FIELD ON A SPRAY RUN. WIRES NOT MARKED. NO WIRE CUTTER ON AIRCRAFT.

## 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 LAX81DVM30](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81DVM30), Sep 7, 1981: Hughes 269C (N9675F), Aptos, CA, 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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