# Accident 19991230046909A: Hughes 369HS, December 30, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1999, 12:00 local time
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N9162F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9162F-2019-03-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C10D (registry code 54172, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c10d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991230046909A

## Narrative

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

(-23)HELICOPTER LIFTED OFF FISHING VESSEL ON A FISH SPOTTING FLIGHT. TAKE-OFF WAS MADE DOWN WIND RESULTING IN LOSS OF LIFT.  THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE WATER HARD, IN A TAIL LOW ATTITUDE.  THE AIRCRAFT REMAINED UPRIGHT BUT SUFFERED DAMAGE TO THE TAIL BOOM FROM CONTACTING THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES.  FUSELAGE WAS ALSO DAMAGED AS WERE THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES.  THE PILOT IS A NEW ZEALAND CITIZEN WITHOUT A US PILOT CERTIFICATE, AND A STATEMENT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FROM HIM, HOWEVER, THE MECHANIC STATED THE MENTIONED HE HAD A PARTIAL POWER FAILURE ON TAKEOFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB LAX00LA066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA066), Dec 30, 1999: Hughes 369HS (N9162F), Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean), substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to takeoff downwind and the subsequent failure to achieve translational lift before contact with the water.

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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