19891208049579A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369HS · Waimea, HI · December 8, 1989

Date
December 8, 1989 · 15:30 local
Place
Waimea, HI
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9161F
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX90LA050
Reported as
Hughes 369HS
Reported engine
Allison 250C20
People aboard
5
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total500 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Lost power. Struck rock and rolled on forced landing. Pc air tube and fuel tube assembly lines had cracked.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER. STRUCK ROCK AND ROLLED ON FORCED LANDING. PC AIR TUBE AND FUEL TUBE ASSEMBLY LINES HAD CRACKED.

NTSB investigation

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