# Accident 19800712025579A: Hughes 369D, Chokosna, AK, July 12, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 12, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Chokosna, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Aircraft: N8363F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8363F-1991-11-18) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,894 total, 1,156 in this make and model, 112 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80DA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA068) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800712025579A

## Narrative

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

SLING LOAD CABLE TRAILING WITHOUT LOAD OR WEIGHTED. CAUGHT IN TAIL ROTOR. ROTOR SEPARATED. ROLLED OVER LANDING.

## 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 ANC80DA068](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80DA068), Jul 12, 1980: Hughes 369B (N8363F), Chokosna, AK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8363F (1)

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

- [Accident 19810827090059A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810827090059A), Aug 27, 1981: Hughes 369D (N8363F), Lake Minchumina, AK, Destroyed. Engine lost power, made hard autorotation landing. Helicopter rolled and burned. Third stage vane failure.

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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