# Accident 19870429050399A: Hughes 369D, Tamuning, Guam, April 29, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1987, 10:39 local time
- Place: Tamuning, Guam
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 13.4839° N, 144.7767° E: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tamuning, GU, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.4839&lon=144.7767&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10995, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10995-2012-10-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX87LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA199) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870429050399A

## Narrative

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

MAIN ROTOR BLADE DELAMINATED AND DEPARTED. HELICOPTER SELF DESTRUCTED CRASHED IN OCEAN.BELEIVED SALT WATER CORRODED

## 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 LAX87LA199](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX87LA199), Apr 29, 1987: Hughes 369D (N10995), Tamunings, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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