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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · Farewell, AK · July 31, 1981

Date
July 31, 1981 · 08:45 local
Place
Farewell, AK
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N58262
Reported as
Hughes 369D
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,800 total254 in this make and model87 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.

Engine RPM loss on trying to land on a ridge. Autorotated downslope to a crash landing. Governor control rod broke.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE RPM LOSS ON TRYING TO LAND ON A RIDGE. AUTOROTATED DOWNSLOPE TO A CRASH LANDING. GOVERNOR CONTROL ROD BROKE.