# Accident 20001228028779A: Hughes 369HS, Pierce, ID, December 28, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 28, 2000, 15:07 local time
- Place: Pierce, ID
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: PHAA
- Location: 46.3631° N, 115.3164° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.3631&lon=-115.3164&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9186F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9186F-2001-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA01FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01FA032) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001228028779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 28, 2000, APPROX. 1507 LOCAL TIME, A HUGHES 369HS, N9186F, REGISTERED TO PANHANDLE HELICOPTERS, AND OPERATED BY IDAHO FISH AND GAME AS A 14 CFR PART 91 AERIAL WILDLIFE SURVEY, COLLIDED WITH A DEAD TREE SNAG WHILE MANUEVERING TERRAIN ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF PIERCE, ID. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE AND A COMPANY VISUAL FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS IN EFFECT. THE HELICOPTER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE COMMERCIAL PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. THE SECOND PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD BEEN OPERATING THROUGHOUT THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE PASSENGER, WHO WAS SEATED IN THE LEFT REAR SEAT, REPORTED THAT THEY HAD JUST COMPLETED ONE 12-MINUTE CONTOUR RUN, AND WAS MANUEVERING FOR THE SECOND WHEN HE FELT A "JOLT". THE PASSENGER STATED THAT THE HELICOPTER PITCHED STRAIGHT UP, THEN FELL BACKWARDS. THE HELICOPTER CAME TO REST AT THE BASE OF AN APPROX. 150 FOOT TALL DEAD TREE SNAG IN A NOSE LOW AND INVERTED POSITION.

## 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 SEA01FA032](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA01FA032), Dec 28, 2000: Hughes 369HS (N9186F), Pierce, ID, substantial damage, 2 fatal. Probable cause: While maneuvering, clearance from an object was not maintained. A tree was a factor.

## Other reports on N9186F (1)

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

- [Accident 19791010035499A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791010035499A), Oct 10, 1979: Hughes 369 (N9186F), Albuquerque, NM, Substantial damage. Engine flamed out. Made hard autorotation landing. Only minor engine defects found.

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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