# Incident 19890418027459I: Hughes 369D, Kahului, HI, April 18, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1989, 10:30 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: ILMA
- Location: 20.8986° N, 156.4305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KAHULUI (OGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8986&lon=-156.4305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N58399 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,460 total, 421 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890418027459I

## Narrative

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

HEARD LOUD CRACK WHILE AIRCRAFT IDLING. FOLLOWED BY SETTLING TO REAR. TAIL ROTOR HIT GROUND. SKID ATTACHMENT BROKE.

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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