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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 369D · Orchard Park, NY · October 2, 1981

Date
October 2, 1981 · 20:40 local
Place
Orchard Park, NY
Airport
Orchard Park
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N58336
Reported as
Hughes 369D
Reported engine
Allison 250B*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
22,800 total1,200 in this make and model200 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.

Za pilot blinded by flash of ground explosion in movie being filmed. Struck ground, damaged skids. Landed on struts

As the FAA filed it

ZA PILOT BLINDED BY FLASH OF GROUND EXPLOSION IN MOVIE BEING FILMED. STRUCK GROUND, DAMAGED SKIDS. LANDED ON STRUTS