# Incident 20090505009499I: Hughes 369E, Houston, TX, May 5, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2009, 16:50 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8372F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8372F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E (registry code 3027369, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonnell-douglas-helicopter-369e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 series (registry code 03020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369E
- Reported engine: ALLSN 250C20B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- 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/20090505009499I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  RETURNING TO BASE FOLLOWING A ROUTINE AIR PATROL, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HEARD A LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY COMPLETE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.  A AUTOROTATION WAS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT SKID GEAR AFT VERTICAL SUPPORT AND THE ENGINE COWLING.  POST EXAMINATION INDICATED A COMPLETE, UNCONTAINED CASTATROPHIC FAILURE OF THE TURBINE SECTION OF THE ENGINE.

## Other reports on N8372F (2)

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

- [Accident 20240930015339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240930015339A), Sep 30, 2024: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E (N8372F), Manvel, TX, Substantial damage. During an evaluation/check-ride flight on 30 September 2024. The pilot under evaluation who was the PIC was at the controls performing a practice autorotation…
- [Accident 20230907010599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230907010599A), Sep 7, 2023: Mcdonnell Douglas Helicopter 369E (N8372F), Houston, TX, Substantial damage. PIC was giving an evaluation flight at kaxh. After several takeoffs and landings to rwy 27 the PIC initiated power recovery autorotations to rwy 27. The crew…

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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