19790109000579A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · Bridgeport, CA · January 9, 1979

Date
January 9, 1979 · 09:20 local
Place
Bridgeport, CA
Phase of flight
Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N58231
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK79DXQ11
Reported as
Hughes 369D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,552 total2,060 in this make and model159 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Landed in loose snow. Blowing snow caused loss of visibility resulting in hard landing.

As the FAA filed it

LANDED IN LOOSE SNOW. BLOWING SNOW CAUSED LOSS OF VISIBILITY RESULTING IN HARD LANDING.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.