# Accident 20060630013469A: Hughes 369D, Moab, UT, June 30, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 2006, 17:35 local time
- Place: Moab, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Autorot Descent (Rotorcraft)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6333° N, 109.2500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6333&lon=-109.2500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N369PB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N369PB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 60 in this make and model, 185 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA06LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060630013469A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ENGAGED IN AERIAL FILMING AT APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY WHAT HE PERCEIVED AS LOSS OF POSITIVE COLLECTIVE CONTROL. HE ENTERED A POWER ON AUTOROTATION TO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON UNEVEN TERRAIN. THE HARD LANDING RESULTED IN THE MAIN ROTORS CHOPPING OFF THE END OF THE TAIL BOOM. THE COLLECTIVE STICK BUNGEE SUPPORT BRACKET HAD FAILED RESULTING IN THE LOSS OF TENSION TO THE COLLECTIVE CONTROL STICK.

## 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 SEA06LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA06LA135), Jun 30, 2006: Hughes 369D (N369PB), Moab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the collective bungee support bracket due to non-compliance with a service information notice, which resulted in the pilot executing a precautionary autorotative landing. A…

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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