# Incident 19991130045209I: Hughes 369E, Alsea, OR, November 30, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 30, 1999, 12:00 local time
- Place: Alsea, OR
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: MLTL
- Location: 44.3818° N, 123.5958° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alsea, OR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3818&lon=-123.5958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1611W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 5,287 in this make and model, 130 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991130045209I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON 11-30-99, AT 1200AM, N1611W, A MD-500E (HU-369-E) HELICOPTER, PILOT BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^, WAS CONDUCTING CHRISTMAS TREE SLING LOADS WHEN THE SLING CABLE STRUCT THE TAIL ROTOR, CAUSING FAILURE OF TAIL ROTOR GEAR BOX AND BLADES,THUS CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO BE OUT OF CONTROL AND COLLIDING WITH GROUND. HELICOPTER WAS OPERATED BY A FAR 133 OPERATOR, MENASHA CORP. (MLTL), NORTH BEND, OR.

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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