# Incident 19811002080229I: Hughes 369D, Orchard Park, NY, October 2, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 1981, 20:40 local time
- Place: Orchard Park, NY
- Airport: Orchard Park
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7954° N, 78.7408° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Orchard Park Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7954&lon=-78.7408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58336, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N58336-1990-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250B*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,800 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811002080229I

## Narrative

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

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

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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