# Incident 19960425013679I: Hughes 369D, Wareham, MA, April 25, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 1996, 15:00 local time
- Place: Wareham, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: XXXL
- Location: 41.7626° N, 70.7217° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wareham, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7626&lon=-70.7217&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5105N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5105N-1998-11-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,091 total, 187 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960425013679I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS COMPLETING RUNUP PRIOR TO FLIGHT AND ADDED POWER TO LIFT UP TO A HOVER. HE THEN HEARD A LOUD BANG WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A VIBRATION WITHIN THE MAIN ROTOR SYSTEM. PILOT IMMEDIATELY SHUT DOWN THE HELICOPTER. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT A MAIN ROTOR TIP WEIGHT AND CAP HAD BEEN THROWN OFF ONE OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES AND THEN STRUCK THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WITH SUCH FORCE THAT IT PASSED DIRECTLY THROUGH IT. MAIN ROTOR BLADE IS DEEMED REPAIRABLE HOWEVER THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER IS NOT. MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT IS BEING PREPARED FOR SUBMISSION. INCIDENT REPORT NO. NE019610059.

## Other reports on N5105N (1)

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

- [Accident 19970511009709A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970511009709A), May 11, 1997: Hughes 369D (N5105N), Puako, HI, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Lost power. Failed autorotate. Rotors chopped tail. Helicopter rolled. Burned errored and fatigues turbine blades.

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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