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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · Kaaawa, HI · November 19, 1980

Date
November 19, 1980 · 16:25 local
Place
Kaaawa, HI
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N58243
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX81FA017
Reported as
Hughes 369D
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
6,600 total507 in this make and model31 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.

Struck water on high-speed full-power low pass while being filmed for television episode. Engine out not indicated.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WATER ON HIGH-SPEED FULL-POWER LOW PASS WHILE BEING FILMED FOR TELEVISION EPISODE. ENGINE OUT NOT INDICATED.

NTSB investigation

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