# Accident 19811028070059A: Hughes 269C, Guthrie, TX, October 28, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 28, 1981, 11:03 local time
- Place: Guthrie, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6226° N, 100.3288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Guthrie, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6226&lon=-100.3288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7433F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360D1A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,157 total, 2,157 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW82FQG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQG04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811028070059A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO POWERLINE RETURNING TO BASE AFTER HERDING CATTLE HAD FLOWN LONG HOURS. FATIGUED.

## 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 FTW82FQG04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW82FQG04), Oct 28, 1981: Hughes 269C (N7433F), Guthrie, TX, destroyed

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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