# NTSB CHI76DEM24: Hughes 269C, N9685F, Saginaw, MI, January 5, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 5, 1976
- Place: Saginaw, MI · SAGINAW, MI
- Location: 43.4177° N, 83.9547° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Saginaw, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4177&lon=-83.9547&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 24, 1976
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 151996
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI76DEM24
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEM24

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0014   76/1/5    SAGINAW,MI          HUGHES 269C         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 31, 63 TOTAL
        TIME - 1155                    N9685F              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAGINAW,MI                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED                  IN FLIGHT: HOVERING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9685F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9685F-2020-05-08), registration cancelled 2020-05-08, S/N 620147, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Registry model: [Hughes 269C](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (registry code 4470504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (registry code 41515, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19760105000349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760105000349A), Jan 5, 1976: Hughes 269C, Saginaw, MI, Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N9685F (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 GAA18CA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA060), Nov 22, 2017: Hughes 300 (N9685F), Woodlawn, VA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s inappropriate descent profile during landing with a quartering gusting tailwind, which resulted in a loss of main rotor rpm.

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.

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