# Accident 19760607014959A: Hughes 369HS, Vinita, OK, June 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1976
- Place: Vinita, OK
- Airport: Leons
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Location: 36.6442° N, 95.0622° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vinita, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6442&lon=-95.0622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500PA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500PA-2020-04-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,178 total, 181 in this make and model, 156 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW76DPM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DPM26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760607014959A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 FTW76DPM26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW76DPM26), Jun 7, 1976: Hughes 369HS (N500PA), Vinita, OK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N500PA (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830709029979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830709029979A), Jul 9, 1983: Hughes 369HS (N500PA), Springfield, MO, Substantial damage. Touched down hard from a practice autorotation and full powr recovery. Rotors chopped off the tail boom.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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