# Accident 20010710024499A: Hughes TH55, Midway, GA, July 10, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2001, 13:30 local time
- Place: Midway, GA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8010° N, 81.4167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midway, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8010&lon=-81.4167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7053X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7053X-2012-10-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes TH-55 (registry code 4471002, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-th-55) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES TH55
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010710024499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE FLYING AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AGL, THE PILOT HEARD A REDUCTION IN ENGINE RPM. ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE ALL POWER. AUTO-ROTATION WAS INITIATED TO A LANDING IN SALT MARSH. HOWEVER, HELO LEANED TO ONE SIDE AS ROTOR RPM DECAYED AND CAME TO REST ON ITS SIDE IN THE MARSH.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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