# Accident 19790104000319A: Hughes 369HS, Menden, NV, January 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Menden, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9141F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9141F-2013-05-22) (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: 2,547 total, 600 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DXQ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DXQ10) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790104000319A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING AUTOROTATIONS. LANDED HARD. MAIN ROTOR BLADES HIT TAIL ROTOR.

## 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 OAK79DXQ10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DXQ10), Jan 4, 1979: Hughes 369C (N9141F), Minden, NV, substantial damage

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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