# Incident 19990316018329I: Hughes 369E, Albuquerque, NM, March 16, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 1999, 17:55 local time
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Double Eagle II Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1449° N, 106.7952° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DOUBLE EAGLE II (AEG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1449&lon=-106.7952&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46EE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46EE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E (registry code 3027369, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-helicopter-369e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369E
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,350 total, 1,620 in this make and model, 110 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990316018329I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 16, 1999, AT 1755, A MCDONNELL DOUGLAS MD-500E (N46EE) REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA, GRAND FORKS, ND, AND UNDER CONTRACT TO THE U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHILE CONDUCTING FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND HIS STUDENT WERE UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED AT AEG AT 1700 MST. ACCORDING TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, THE STUDENT WAS PERFORMING "TOUCH-DOWN" AUTOROTATIONS WHEN THE REINFORCED SKID SHOE ON THE RIGHT SKID LODGED IN AN EXPANSION CRACK ON THE RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT HAD TOUCHED DOWN WITH SLIGHT FORWARD MOTION (WHICH IS NORMAL FOR AN AIRCRAFT OF THIS TYPE, WHEN BEING OPERATED AT THIS DENSITY ALTITUDE). WHEN THE SKID SHOE BECAME LODGED IN THE RUNWAY EXPANSION CRACK IT BOUND UP, CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO HALT ABRUPTLY AND THE RIGHT LANDING SKID STRUTS FLEXED REARWARD. INSPECTORS COUNSELED THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON THE HAZARDS OF OPERATING FROM HARD SURFACED RUNWAYS FOR THESE TYPES OF OPERATIONS.

## Other reports on N46EE (1)

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

- [Incident 19970717028129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970717028129I), Jul 17, 1997: Hughes 369E (N46EE), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. Practice auto rotations. CFI increased aft cylic to cushion landing. Tail skid hit runway. Bent tail rotor balde tip

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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