# Accident 19790216003009A: Hughes 369HS, Yreka, CA, February 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 16, 1979, 15:45 local time
- Place: Yreka, CA
- Airport: Montague-Yreka
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Sfl Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7240° N, 122.6316° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yreka, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7240&lon=-122.6316&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8696F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8696F-2013-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,130 total, 1,565 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79DVG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790216003009A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PRACTICING AUTOROTATIONS. ON LANDING ACFT STUCK IN MUD. MAIN ROTOR BLADES CUT OFF TAIL BOOM.

## 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 OAK79DVG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DVG13), Feb 16, 1979: Hughes 369C (N8696F), Montague, CA, 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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