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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · June Lake, CA · January 20, 1980

Date
January 20, 1980 · 11:35 local
Place
June Lake, CA
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8354F
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80FA036
Reported as
Hughes 369D
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,503 total1,208 in this make and model95 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.

Third stage turbine failed on takeoff. Made hard autorotation landing. Rotors hit tail boom. Rolled over.

As the FAA filed it

THIRD STAGE TURBINE FAILED ON TAKEOFF. MADE HARD AUTOROTATION LANDING. ROTORS HIT TAIL BOOM. ROLLED OVER.

NTSB investigation

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