19821215067489A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369HS · Chemult, OR · December 15, 1982

Date
December 15, 1982 · 11:30 local
Place
Chemult, OR
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N90876
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA83LA032
Reported as
Hughes 369HS
Reported engine
Allison 250C18
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,049 total674 in this make and model90 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.

Engine quit while flying in heavy wet snow. Helicopter not equipped with a particle separator or reignition kit.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT WHILE FLYING IN HEAVY WET SNOW. HELICOPTER NOT EQUIPPED WITH A PARTICLE SEPARATOR OR REIGNITION KIT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.