# Accident 19820728035729A: Hughes 369D, Bornite, AK, July 28, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1982, 10:30 local time
- Place: Bornite, AK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Vertical (Helicopter Only)
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Location: 67.0592° N, 156.9428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bornite, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=67.0592&lon=-156.9428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N820Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N820Y-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 500D (registry code 4470806, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-500d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,851 total, 247 in this make and model, 247 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC82DA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820728035729A

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER ROTOR BLADE HIT ROCKY EMBANKMENT ON UPSLOPE SIDE OF TAKEOFF ZONE.

## 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 ANC82DA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC82DA062), Jul 28, 1982: Hughes 369D (N820Y), Near Bornite, AK, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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