# Accident 19940828023729A: Hughes 369D, Butler, PA, August 28, 1994

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1994, 14:15 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5027P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5027P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20B (registry code 03081, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 640 total, 268 in this make and model, 118 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO94LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940828023729A

## Narrative

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

LOST POWER. AUTOROTATED. LOW ROTOR RPM TO REACH OPEN AREA. HARD LANDING. MAIN ROTORS CHOPPED TAILBOOM. OUT OF FUEL.

## 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 BFO94LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO94LA155), Aug 28, 1994: Hughes 369D (N5027P), Butler, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The malfunction of the emergency fuel vent and the exhaustion of the fuel supply which resulted in the loss of engine power.

## Other reports on N5027P (1)

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

- [Accident 20230709009939A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230709009939A), Jul 9, 2023: Hughes 369D (N5027P), Waldorf, MD, Substantial damage. Pilot was in cruise flight recovering from power line survey commercial flight to indian head, MD (2W5), due to incoming weather system. Approximately 6 mi se…

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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