19800518015289A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · Vernal, UT · May 18, 1980

Date
May 18, 1980 · 17:00 local
Place
Vernal, UT
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N58245
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN80FA034
Reported as
Hughes 369D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total480 in this make and model25 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.

Made hard emergency landing in deep snow due to encountering icing conditions.

As the FAA filed it

MADE HARD EMERGENCY LANDING IN DEEP SNOW DUE TO ENCOUNTERING ICING CONDITIONS.

NTSB investigation

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