Plane Crash List

Hughes 269C N7450F

27 January 1979 · Andytown, Florida, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 27 January 1979 at about 19:00 local time, a Hughes 269C registered N7450F, operated by Carib Aviation, was involved in an accident during in flight near Andytown, Florida, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 19:00
Classification
Accident
Location
Andytown, Florida, United States
Coordinates
Not recorded
Aircraft
Hughes 269C
Registration
N7450F
Category
Helicopter
Engines
1
Operator
Carib Aviation
Operating rule
Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight
Pleasure
Phase of flight
In Flight
Route
S → Local
Aircraft damage
Destroyed
Weather
VMC
Light
Night (Dark)
NTSB number
3-0450

People

2 people died.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 2 0 0 0

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DARK NIGHT. 0.3MG/100 ML METHAQUALONE DRUG LEVELFOUND IN BLOOD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
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