# Accident 20070513010419A: Hughes 369A, Moulton, AL, May 13, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2007, 17:30 local time
- Place: Moulton, AL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3206° N, 87.2528° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3206&lon=-87.2528&mi=10
- Aircraft: N468WE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N468WE-2010-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369A (registry code 4470503, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369A
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA07FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA098) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070513010419A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING CRUISE FLIGHT, MAIN ROTOR BLADES SEPARATED FROM THE HELICOPTER, CAUSING AN IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE HELICOPTER SUBSEQUENTLY CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA AND WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT.

## 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 MIA07FA098](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA07FA098), May 13, 2007: Hughes 369A (N468WE), Moulton, AL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The separation of a main rotor blade from its tension torsion bar for an undetermined reason.

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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