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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 369D · Fort Lauderdale, FL · February 14, 1985

Date
February 14, 1985 · 18:10 local
Place
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N1096Y
Reported as
Hughes 369D
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,510 total1,210 in this make and model215 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.

Sudden vibration in rotor system. Precautionary landing. Fiberglass cap on top of main rotor hub left the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

SUDDEN VIBRATION IN ROTOR SYSTEM. PRECAUTIONARY LANDING. FIBERGLASS CAP ON TOP OF MAIN ROTOR HUB LEFT THE AIRCRAFT.