# Accident 20070528011329A: Hughes 369D, Broadview, MT, May 28, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 28, 2007, 13:30 local time
- Place: Broadview, MT
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hovering
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.7228° N, 109.1553° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7228&lon=-109.1553&mi=10
- Aircraft: N765HV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N765HV-2017-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20B (registry code 54385, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 11,500 total, 4,800 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA135) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070528011329A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 28, 2007, AT 1:30 PM, MOUNTAIN TIME, A HUGHES HU-369-D HELICOPTER, REGISTERED TO DYLAN AVIATION, LLC, WAS ENGAGED IN POWER LINE INSPECTION, AND HAD A LOSS OF POWER CRASHING FROM A HOVER OF 150 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL). THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND ANOTHER PASSENGER WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT BILLINGS-LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN BILLINGS, MONTANA, ON MAY 28, 2007, AT 12:20 PM, MDT.

## 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 SEA07LA135](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07LA135), May 28, 2007: Hughes 369D (N765HV), Columbus, MT, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of a turbine blade due to a localized over-temperature of the turbine section as result of a non-uniform fuel distribution by the fuel nozzle. Contributing to the accident was 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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