# Accident 19810808049569A: Hughes 369, Ketchikan, AK, August 8, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1981, 08:00 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9171F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,069 total, 1,506 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810808049569A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FAILURE RESULTED IN AUTOROTATION LANDING IN RIVER BED, STRIKING LOG AND CRASHING.

## 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 ANC81DA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA096), Aug 8, 1981: Hughes 369HS (N9171F), Ketchikan, AK, substantial damage

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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