# Accident 19811123074889A: Hughes 369HS, Sunrise, FL, November 23, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1981, 15:30 local time
- Place: Sunrise, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1716° N, 80.2616° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sunrise, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1716&lon=-80.2616&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9071F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9071F-1988-11-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C18A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,950 total, 560 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA82FKT02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82FKT02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811123074889A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER CRASHED DURING AUTOROTATION EMERGENCY LANDING. CAUSE OF MALFUNCTION OF ENGINE UNDETERMINED.

## 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 MIA82FKT02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82FKT02), Nov 23, 1981: Hughes 369HS (N9071F), Sunrise, FL, destroyed

## Other reports on N9071F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19750702025169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750702025169A), Jul 2, 1975: Hughes 369HS (N9071F), Savannah, GA, Substantial damage. Lndd hard on aft portion of skids. Main rotor severed tail boom.

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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