19791219034489A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · Westwego, LA · December 19, 1979

Date
December 19, 1979 · 09:40 local
Place
Westwego, LA
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N58270
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80FRD14
Reported as
Hughes 369D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,318 total274 in this make and model132 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.

Wind raised light sling load . Cable hit tailrotor. Made hard autorotate landing.

As the FAA filed it

WIND RAISED LIGHT SLING LOAD . CABLE HIT TAILROTOR. MADE HARD AUTOROTATE 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.