# Accident 20000218010219A: Hughes 500C, Pohnei, Guam, February 18, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 2000, 11:08 local time
- Place: Pohnei, Guam
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N437DS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N437DS-2015-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 500C (registry code 4470805, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-500c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX00LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA109) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000218010219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) HELICOPTER DEPARTED FISHING VESSEL AT APPROX 1108 HRS LCL, 200 MILES SOUTH EAST OF POHNEI. AT APPROX 100-150 FT, THE HELICOPTER EXPERIENCED AN UNCOMMANDED RIGHT TURN, FOLLOWED BY AN UNCONTROLLABLE RIGHT SPIN UNTIL THE HELICOPTER IMPACTED THE WATER. UPON IMPACTED, RIGHT FLOAT LEGS SEPARATED, HELICOPTER ROLLED ON ITS RIGHT SIDE AND SANK. BOTH CREW MEMBERS WERE RESCUED BY SHIPS CREW WITH NO INJURIES. NO UNUSUAL NOISES WERE OBSERVED PRIOR TO CRASH.

## 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 LAX00LA109](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX00LA109), Feb 18, 2000: Hughes 500C (N437DS), Pohnpei (Pacific Ocean), destroyed

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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