40.2238° N, 74.7636° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Trenton, NJ, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
August 28, 1975
Place
Trenton, NJ
Airport
Trenton Robinsvle
Phase of flight
Idling Rotors
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9075F
Reported as
Hughes 369HS
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,500 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot slipped on foreign matter. Arm severed by tail rotor.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT SLIPPED ON FOREIGN MATTER. ARM SEVERED BY TAIL ROTOR.