- Date
- March 24, 1980
- Place
- Stephensville, MD · STEPHENSVILLE, MD
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N2769Hughes 500
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800324008779A
- Case key
- 131877
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0422 80/3/24 NR.STEPHENSVILLE,MD HUGHES 500 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - UNK/NR N2769 PX- 1 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC 41, 5182 TOTAL HOURS, 92 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANDREWS AFB,MD MIDDLETOWN,DE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- HELICOPTER MISSING IN CHESAPEAKE BAY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2769
- Reported as
- Hughes 500
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.