19840616045899A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · Wrangell, AK · June 16, 1984

Date
June 16, 1984 · 09:45 local
Place
Wrangell, AK
Airport
Wrangell
Phase of flight
Idling Rotors
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5133U
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA84LA134
Reported as
Hughes 369D
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,750 total0 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

A twin Beech taxiing from repair shop with bad brakes hit the helicopter as it awaited takeoff with idling rotors.

As the FAA filed it

A TWIN BEECH TAXIING FROM REPAIR SHOP WITH BAD BRAKES HIT THE HELICOPTER AS IT AWAITED TAKEOFF WITH IDLING ROTORS.

NTSB investigation

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