# Accident 19900709024899A: Hughes 369HS, Modesto, CA, July 9, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1990, 09:55 local time
- Place: Modesto, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6391° N, 120.9969° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Modesto, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6391&lon=-120.9969&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505WW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505WW-1990-12-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,397 total, 25 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX90FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900709024899A

## Narrative

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

FIRE ERUPTED IN ENGINE AT CRUISE. AUTOROTAED TO HARD LANDING. HELICOPTER BURNED. SOURCE OF FIRE NOT DETERMINED.

## 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 LAX90FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA248), Jul 9, 1990: McDonnell Douglas 369HS (N505WW), Modesto, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: IN-FLIGHT ENGINE FIRE OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN.

## Other reports on N505WW (1)

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

- [Accident 19841109061419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841109061419A), Nov 9, 1984: Hughes 369HS (N505WW), Hogansville, GA, Minor damage. Deplaning passenger told to stay outside of rotor arc walked into idling tail rotor. Ground man was checking loading

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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