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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 369D · Amanda Park, WA · January 9, 1997

Date: January 9, 1997 · 14:00 local
Place: Amanda Park, WA
Phase of flight: Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
Operator: GHHL
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N1109P
Reported as: Hughes 369D
Reported engine: Allison 250C20B
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 18,800 total

N1109PRegistration cancelled Nov 3, 2000 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DS/N 1100849D Airframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D

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: the helicopter descended to approx. 300 AGL and encountered a loss of engine power. The pilot lowered the nose of the helicopter for an emergency landing. The helicopter landed safely with no structural damage. The operator inspected the engine fuel nozzle filter and found the fuel filter contaminated and collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE HELICOPTER DESCENDED TO APPROX. 300 AGL AND ENCOUNTERED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE OF THE HELICOPTER FOR AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE HELICOPTER LANDED SAFELY WITH NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. THE OPERATOR INSPECTED THE ENGINE FUEL NOZZLE FILTER AND FOUND THE FUEL FILTER CONTAMINATED AND COLLAPSED.

Other reports on N1109P · 1

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

Accident 19880619040699APwr Off Run Land (Autorotation · Horn Lake, MSEngine quit shortly after takeoff. Chopped tailboom landing. Worn fuel pump 100LL avgas hot day possible factors.Jun 19, 1988 · Substantial damage