# Accident 19800409008229A: Hughes 369D, Chugwater, WY, April 9, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1980, 07:50 local time
- Place: Chugwater, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 41.7557° N, 104.8229° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chugwater, WY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7557&lon=-104.8229&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49667, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N49667-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 500D (registry code 4470806, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-500d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,125 total, 72 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN80FTC12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTC12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800409008229A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER STARTED TO PULL EXTERNAL LOAD WIRE. GROUND CREW INADVERTENTLY PUT ON TENSION. WIRE HIT ROTORS.

## 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 DEN80FTC12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN80FTC12), Apr 9, 1980: Hughes 369D (N49667), Chugwater, WY, destroyed

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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