45.9548° N, 112.4975° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at BERT MOONEY (BTM), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
January 4, 2002 · 14:45 local
Place
Butte, MT
Airport
Bert Mooney
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N8393F
Reported as
Hughes 369D
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Pilot states they were flying level at 600'-700' AGL in fine snow when the engine wound down just as if the throttle had been rolled off. Entered autorotation to median strip and hit tail first while stretching for a level surface for emergency landing. Tail broke off. Rotor damage.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT STATES THEY WERE FLYING LEVEL AT 600'-700' AGL IN FINE SNOW WHEN THE ENGINE WOUND DOWN JUST AS IF THE THROTTLE HAD BEEN ROLLED OFF. ENTERED AUTOROTATION TO MEDIAN STRIP AND HIT TAIL FIRST WHILE STRETCHING FOR A LEVEL SURFACE FOR EMERGENCY LANDING. TAIL BROKE OFF. ROTOR DAMAGE.