# Incident 19960622021739I: Hughes 369D, Ketchikan, AK, June 22, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1996, 09:30 local time
- Place: Ketchikan, AK
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NZBL
- Location: 55.3571° N, 131.6746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ketchikan, AK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=55.3571&lon=-131.6746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5168X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,763 total, 3,095 in this make and model, 540 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960622021739I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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