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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Wilmot, SD · September 10, 1981

Date
September 10, 1981 · 12:30 local
Place
Wilmot, SD
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8954F
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81DTK23
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360D1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,577 total102 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Off course on ferry flight. Found private strip. Ran out of fuel on landing approach. Crash landed.

As the FAA filed it

OFF COURSE ON FERRY FLIGHT. FOUND PRIVATE STRIP. RAN OUT OF FUEL ON LANDING APPROACH. CRASH LANDED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.