# Incident 20070527018749I: Hughes 369E, Earp, CA, May 27, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2007, 11:30 local time
- Place: Earp, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1647° N, 114.3011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Earp, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1647&lon=-114.3011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500MU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N500MU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E (registry code 3027369, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-helicopter-369e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20B (registry code 54385, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369E
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,338 total, 135 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070527018749I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON DIRT ROAD 2 MILES NORTH OF AIRPORT REPORTEDLY DUE TO ABNORMAL CYCLIC PRESSURE AND PILOT REPORTED HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT COMPLETE TRIM FAILURE, SO HE LANDED. TAIL ROTOR BLADES WERE REPORTED AS DAMAGED, NTSB CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT. ORIGINAL NOTIFICATION WENT TO SDL.

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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