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Incident

FAA incident report · Hughes 369D · Ketchikan, AK · June 22, 1996

Date: June 22, 1996 · 09:30 local
Place: Ketchikan, AK
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator: NZBL
Aircraft: N5168X
Reported as: Hughes 369D
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 6,763 total3,095 in this make and model540 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.

Narrative: on June 22, 1996, at approximately 0930, in the vicinity of shoal cove, pilot jeff anderson, while flying N5168X, a mdh 500D, experienced a momentary power loss. The helicopter descended and the rotor blades struck a branch of a tree damaging all five rotor blades. The helicopter was shut down normally. There were no passengers onboard and the pilot was not injured.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON JUNE 22, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 0930, IN THE VICINITY OF SHOAL COVE, PILOT JEFF ANDERSON, WHILE FLYING N5168X, A MDH 500D, EXPERIENCED A MOMENTARY POWER LOSS. THE HELICOPTER DESCENDED AND THE ROTOR BLADES STRUCK A BRANCH OF A TREE DAMAGING ALL FIVE ROTOR BLADES. THE HELICOPTER WAS SHUT DOWN NORMALLY. THERE WERE NO PASSENGERS ONBOARD AND THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.