# Accident 19890918065469A: Hughes 269A, Agana, Guam, September 18, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 18, 1989, 09:35 local time
- Place: Agana, Guam
- Airport: Agana Nas
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 13.4742° N, 144.7478° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hagåtña, GU, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.4742&lon=144.7478&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8134Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8134Y-1993-03-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 269A (registry code 4470402, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Reported engine: LYC HIO360B1A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 562 total, 40 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89LA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA324) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890918065469A

## Narrative

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

ON A RECONNAISSANCE FLIGHT FOR DEPT OF INTERIOR AND GUAM POLICE DEPT. FLEW INTO POWERLINES, LOST ROTOR AND CRASHED.

## 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 LAX89LA324](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89LA324), Sep 18, 1989: Hughes 269A (N8134Y), Agana, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: INADEQUATE VISUAL LOOKOUT BY THE PILOT, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO SEE-AND-AVOID THE POWER LINE. THE POWER LINE WAS A RELATED FACTOR.

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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