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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369 · Houma, LA · May 25, 1980

Date
May 25, 1980 · 09:18 local
Place
Houma, LA
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N58250
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW80DA079
Reported as
Hughes 369
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,919 total271 in this make and model78 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilots simulating auto-rotation experienced engine failure & crashed during emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOTS SIMULATING AUTO-ROTATION EXPERIENCED ENGINE FAILURE & CRASHED DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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