# Incident 19800801084299I: Hughes 369HS, Temple Bar, AZ, August 1, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1980, 16:46 local time
- Place: Temple Bar, AZ
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: LVAA
- Aircraft: N9144F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9144F-2013-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 400HP (registry code 03013, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,550 total, 91 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/19800801084299I

## Narrative

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

FOURTH AND FIFTH COMPRESSOR STAGE VANE AND BAND ASSEMBLY ERODED BY SAND, CAUSING RESTRICTED AIRFLOW AND OVERTEMP

## Other reports on N9144F (1)

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

- [Accident 19800826039289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800826039289A), Aug 26, 1980: Hughes 369HS (N9144F), Las Vegas, NV, Substantial damage, 1 fatal. Lifted off mountain to hover. Helicopter settled. Skid hit log. Craft rolled over. Factors; overgross, altitude.

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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