Mid-air collision Accident Hughes 269C N7466F,
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Date:Monday 4 September 1978
Time:day
Type:Silhouette image of generic H269 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Hughes 269C
Owner/operator:
Registration: N7466F
MSN: 126-0541
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Category:Accident
Location:Derry, PA -   United States of America
Phase: En route
Nature:Demo/Airshow/Display
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
Collided with obstacles and crashed into spectators while dropping ping-pong balls.

Accident investigation:
  
Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: NYC78FA088
Status: Investigation completed
Duration:
Download report: Final report

Sources:

Hamburger Abendblatt 5.9.1978, p1
https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=39579&key=0

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Jan-2013 12:20 TB Added
25-Sep-2019 17:38 BEAVERSPOTTER Updated [Cn]

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