19871026082849A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369D · Borrego Springs, CA · October 26, 1987

Date
October 26, 1987 · 16:00 local
Place
Borrego Springs, CA
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
NCNA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N47861
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX88LA025
Reported as
Hughes 369D
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total4,000 in this make and model76 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.

Engine lost power, forced landed in mountainous terrain. Landed hard and rolled over. Engine bearing had failed.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE LOST POWER, FORCED LANDED IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. LANDED HARD AND ROLLED OVER. ENGINE BEARING HAD FAILED.

NTSB investigation

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