# Accident 19790301005939A: Hughes 369D, Mckinleyville, CA, March 1, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 1979, 09:53 local time
- Place: Mckinleyville, CA
- Airport: Arcata
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Prw On Run Landing (Rotorcraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9512° N, 124.0776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McKinleyville, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9512&lon=-124.0776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8359F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8359F-2013-05-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,978 total, 224 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK79FVD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVD13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790301005939A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 OAK79FVD13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79FVD13), Mar 1, 1979: Hughes 369D (N8359F), Mckinleyville, CA, destroyed

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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