# Incident 19800308029539I: Hughes 369HS, Grand Rapids, MI, March 8, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1980, 09:55 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.9634° N, 85.6681° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.9634&lon=-85.6681&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90245, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N90245-2002-03-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C18
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800308029539I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FLAME OUT. SUCCESSFULL AUTOROTATION ON FROZEN FARM POND. NO MALFUNCTION FOUND.

## Other reports on N90245 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19990213036549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990213036549I), Feb 13, 1999: Hughes 369HS (N90245), Pacific Ocean, Minor damage. (-23) No narrative.

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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