# Accident 19830901045999A: Hughes 369D, Portales, NM, September 1, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1983, 16:30 local time
- Place: Portales, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1796° N, 103.3390° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1796&lon=-103.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N277SP-1995-06-15) (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 250C20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,738 total, 351 in this make and model, 190 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW83LA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA421) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830901045999A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE FLAMED OUT SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. WAS SERVICED WITH AVGAS THAT NEEDS START PUMPS ON. PILOT REPORTS PUMPS ON.

## 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 FTW83LA421](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW83LA421), Sep 1, 1983: Hughes 500D (N277SP), Portales, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N277SP (3)

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

- [Accident 19930619019569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930619019569A), Jun 19, 1993: Hughes 369D (N277SP), Half Moon Bay, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Long hours and fatigued. Struck movie set light boom climbing out to leave area. Had been on duty 17HRS.
- [Incident 19850819049469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850819049469I), Aug 19, 1985: Hughes 369D (N277SP), Lubbock, TX. Passengers coat blew out of aircraft and struck tail rotor. Pilot heard bang and left yaw. No damage found.
- [Accident 19820527020419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820527020419A), May 27, 1982: Hughes 369D (N277SP), Amarillo, TX, Substantial damage. During practice autorotation landings, helicopter made hard touchdown flexing rotor blades and chopping tailboom.

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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