# Accident 20060812016359A: Hughes 369D, Kahului, HI, August 12, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 12, 2006, 16:45 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Kahului Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Rotors
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: WVXA
- Location: 20.8986° N, 156.4305° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KAHULUI (OGG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8986&lon=-156.4305&mi=10
- Aircraft: N114HD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N114HD) (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
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,150 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX06TA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06TA259) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060812016359A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT GOT OUT OF AIRCRAFT TO DISCONNECT FIRE BUCKET AND AIRCRAFT ROCKED BACK STRIKING TAILROTOR WHILE AT FLIGHT IDLE.

## 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 LAX06TA259](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX06TA259), Aug 13, 2006: Hughes 369D (N114HD), Lahaina, HI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to shut down the engine prior to exiting the helicopter resulting in the tail rotor contacting the ground. A contributing factor was the gusting wind conditions present at the…

## Other reports on N114HD (1)

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

- [Incident 19990604014719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990604014719I), Jun 4, 1999: Hughes 369D (N114HD), Lahaina, HI, Minor damage. At approximately 1115 HST, windward aviation, inc..(wvxg), an FAR part 137 operator, aircraft struck a static wire on a spray pass while crop dusting a sugar…

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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