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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · Toutle, WA · April 28, 1984

Date
April 28, 1984 · 16:30 local
Place
Toutle, WA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N779FA
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA84LA096
Reported as
Hughes 369D
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,912 total2,510 in this make and model23 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 flamed out. Made a hard autorotation landing. Found foreign particles in the fuel.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE FLAMED OUT. MADE A HARD AUTOROTATION LANDING. FOUND FOREIGN PARTICLES IN THE FUEL.

NTSB investigation

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