# Accident 20020913024379A: Hughes 369E, Index, WA, September 13, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 2002, 13:00 local time
- Place: Index, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.8214° N, 121.3983° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.8214&lon=-121.3983&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16005 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA02LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020913024379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ACCIDENT OCCURED AS PILOT WAS IN HOVER AT REMOTE LAKE, WHERE HE HAD GONE TO MEET FRIENDS. WHILE IN HOVER, AND MOVING TOWARD BEECH, RIGHT SKID HIT AN UNSEEN ROCK CAUSING A DYNAMIC ROLL-OVER. HELICOPTER SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. PILOT WAS SEVERELY INJURED (LIFE THREATENING). IN THE GROUP BEING MET, WERE TWO EMT PERSONS WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SAVING PILOT'S LIFE. SEARCH AND RESCUE HAD TO REPELL IN TO ATTEND TO PILOT AND PASSENGER (WHOM HAS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES). BOTH WERE AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITALS BY SNOHOMISH COUNTY SHERRIFF'S DEPT. SEARCH AND RESCUE, BY HELICOPTER.

## 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 SEA02LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA174), Sep 13, 2002: McDonnell Douglas 369E (N16005), Index, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain while hovering.

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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