# Accident 20121127025809A: Hughes 369D, Childress, TX, November 27, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 27, 2012, 16:00 local time
- Place: Childress, TX
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: BVOL
- Location: 34.4203° N, 100.2410° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4203&lon=-100.2410&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28MP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28MP-2013-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121127025809A

## Narrative

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

ON NOVEMBER 27, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 HOURS CST, A MD369D HELICOPTER, TAIL NUMBER N28MP, WAS HOVERING PERFORMING WORK TO AN ELECTRICAL TOWER. AN ELECTRICAL WORKER WAS ATTACHED TO THE HELICOPTER BY A LONG LINE AND WAS WORKING ON THE TOWER.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A STABLE HOVER APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT AND THE HELICOPTER STARTED A RAPID DECENT TOWARDS THE GROUND AND STRUCK SURROUNDING TREES AND BRUSH, SETTLING ONTO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS RESTING ON THE GROUND ON ITS? RIGHT SIDE, AT AN APPROXIMATE 45 DEGREE ANGLE, NOSE LOW.  THE LINEMAN WAS PULLED OFF THE TOWER AND SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES WHEN HE STRUCK THE GROUND.

## 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 CEN13FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13FA075), Nov 27, 2012: Hughes 369 (N28MP), Childress, TX, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The improper maintenance of the helicopter fuel system that resulted in erroneous fuel gauge indications and the pilot’s inadequate fuel management, both of which resulted in fuel exhaustion during a…

## Other reports on N28MP (1)

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

- [Incident 19830807062439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830807062439I), Aug 7, 1983: Hughes 369D (N28MP), Dania Beach, FL. Engine failed. Autorotated to a Beach. Turbine drive shaft failed. Allowed turbine wheels to overspeed.

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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