# Accident 19790521020909A: Hughes 369HS, St Maries, ID, May 21, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 21, 1979, 11:50 local time
- Place: St Maries, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.3146° N, 116.5722° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Maries, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.3146&lon=-116.5722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N922MB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,355 total, 28 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA79FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790521020909A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO TREES DURING TIMBER SURVEY. FACTORS: DEFECTIVE BLEED & ANTIICE VALVES. DENSITY ALTITUDE.

## 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 SEA79FA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA79FA035), May 21, 1979: Hughes 369HS (N922MB), St Maries, ID, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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