# Incident 19850819049469I: Hughes 369D, Lubbock, TX, August 19, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1985, 11:30 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&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: 5,050 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850819049469I

## Narrative

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

PASSENGERS COAT BLEW OUT OF AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK TAIL ROTOR. PILOT HEARD BANG AND LEFT YAW. NO DAMAGE FOUND.

## 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.
- [Accident 19830901045999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830901045999A), Sep 1, 1983: Hughes 369D (N277SP), Portales, NM, Substantial damage. Engine flamed out shortly after takeoff. Was serviced with avgas that needs start pumps on. Pilot reports pumps on.
- [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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