# Accident 20050817018229A: Hughes 369E, Donnelly, ID, August 17, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 2005, 17:15 local time
- Place: Donnelly, ID
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Pwr On Vertical Ldng/Rtrcrft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7342° N, 116.0889° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Donnelly, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7342&lon=-116.0889&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500FU, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N500FU-2007-06-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters 369E (registry code 4470707, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-369e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369E
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 100 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050817018229A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON LANDING AT CABIN IN THE WOODS LOCATED IN THE MOUNTAINS, THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A BROWN OUT CAUSED BY THE DUST AND DIRT FROM THE LANDING PAD. THE PILOT COULD NOT SEE FORWARD OR DOWNWARD. THE ROTORBLADES STRUCK SOME LARGE TREES AS THE HELICOPTER DESCENDED TO THE GROUND. A TREE LIMB WAS THRUST THROUGH THE TAIL ROTOR DURING THE EVENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANY OF THE OCCUPANTS.

## 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

## Other reports on N500FU (1)

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

- [Accident 20061121025419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061121025419A), Nov 21, 2006: Hughes 369E (N500FU), Jensen, UT, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On nov. 21, 2006, at 1250 MST, a Hughes 369E, N500FU, crashed and was destroyed after striking high tension wires, approx 2 miles n.e. of Jensen, UT. The…

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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