19940730048659A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes OH6A · Duchesne, UT · July 30, 1994

Date
July 30, 1994 · 18:50 local
Place
Duchesne, UT
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N12UT
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA94GA203
Reported as
Hughes OH6A
Reported engine
Allison T63A700
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,514 total425 in this make and model87 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.

Dodging thunderstorms over gross weight at high density altitude and possible downdrafts caused descent into trees.

As the FAA filed it

DODGING THUNDERSTORMS OVER GROSS WEIGHT AT HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE AND POSSIBLE DOWNDRAFTS CAUSED DESCENT INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

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