# Accident 19800120005779A: Hughes 369D, June Lake, CA, January 20, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1980, 11:35 local time
- Place: June Lake, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 37.7618° N, 119.1147° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of June Lake, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7618&lon=-119.1147&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8354F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8354F-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,503 total, 1,208 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800120005779A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 LAX80FA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA036), Jan 20, 1980: Hughes 369D (N8354F), June Lakes, CA

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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