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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369E · Prestonburg, KY · September 14, 1990

Date
September 14, 1990 · 13:15 local
Place
Prestonburg, KY
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N50075
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO90LA075
Reported as
Hughes 369E
Reported engine
Allison 250C20B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,582 total839 in this make and model106 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.

Lost power struck trees short of open field. Main tank empty. Aux tank full. Fuel transfer control system closed.

As the FAA filed it

LOST POWER STRUCK TREES SHORT OF OPEN FIELD. MAIN TANK EMPTY. AUX TANK FULL. FUEL TRANSFER CONTROL SYSTEM CLOSED.

NTSB investigation

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