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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · Mckinleyville, CA · March 1, 1979

Date
March 1, 1979 · 09:53 local
Place
Mckinleyville, CA
Airport
Arcata
Phase of flight
Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8359F
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK79FVD13
Reported as
Hughes 369D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,978 total224 in this make and model170 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.

After power run-on landing helicopter spun rapidly on it's skids and disintegrated.z

As the FAA filed it

AFTER POWER RUN-ON LANDING HELICOPTER SPUN RAPIDLY ON IT'S SKIDS AND DISINTEGRATED.Z

NTSB investigation

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