# Accident 19810910058369A: Hughes 269C, Wilmot, SD, September 10, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1981, 12:30 local time
- Place: Wilmot, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.4091° N, 96.8546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmot, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.4091&lon=-96.8546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8954F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8954F-2009-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269C (registry code 4470504, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360 series (registry code 41524, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,577 total, 102 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81DTK23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTK23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810910058369A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 DEN81DTK23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81DTK23), Sep 10, 1981: Hughes 269C (N8954F), Wilmot, SD, 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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