# Incident 19800326032569I: Hughes 369D, Denver, CO, March 26, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1980, 09:15 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7392° N, 104.9847° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Denver, CO, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7392&lon=-104.9847&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58283, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58283-1984-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C10B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 300 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/19800326032569I

## Narrative

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

AUTOROTATION DUE TO POWER LOSS. FUEL CONTROLLER PN6895663 AND GOVERNOR PN6896841 WERE CHANGED.

## Other reports on N58283 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810426018649A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810426018649A), Apr 26, 1981: Hughes 369D (N58283), Morgan, UT, Substantial damage. Unable to control engine RPM. Crash landed on airport. Found incorrect fuel control unit installed, dirt fouled.

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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