# Incident 19871010072909I: Hughes 369D, Sun City, CA, October 10, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1987, 09:35 local time
- Place: Sun City, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: CBOL
- Location: 33.7092° N, 117.1973° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sun City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7092&lon=-117.1973&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9276F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9276F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,900 total, 200 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871010072909I

## Narrative

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

WHILE REFUELING PILOT LEFT AIRCRAFT WITH MOTOR RUNNING. FUELER ARM CONTACTED MOVING BLADE. SUSTAIN A SERIOUS INJURY

## Other reports on N9276F (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19910917049459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910917049459I), Sep 17, 1991: Hughes 369D (N9276F), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. Tansmission chip light on. Power on autorotation to ground. Main transmission tail rotor drive pinion shaft failed.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.