# Accident 20081227856989A: Hughes 369A, Honiara, BP, December 27, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2008, 09:00 local time
- Place: Honiara, BP
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N104BN, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N104BN-2010-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369A (registry code 4470503, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 series (registry code 03014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369A
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081227856989A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF FROM FISHING BOAT WITHOUT REMOVING "UNAPPROVED RUDDER PEDAL LOCK."  WITNESS STATED HE OBSERVED PILOT REACHING FOR SOMETHING, POSSIBLE "RUDDER PEDAL LOCK."  AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN SPINNING ABOUT THE VERTICAL AXIS IMMEDIATELY AFTER TAKEOFF.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE WATER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF.  THE FLOATS ATTACHED TO THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT ON IMPACT WITH THE WATER.  THE OBSERVER ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO GET FREE OF THE AIRCRAFT BUT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE AIRCRAFT, UPON IMPACT WITH THE WATER, IMMEDIATELY SANK.  THE PILOT WAS NEVER FOUND.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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