# Incident 20130405007929I: Hughes 369D, Lihue, HI, April 5, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 2013, 10:00 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: 3M3A
- Location: 21.9722° N, 159.3560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lihue, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9722&lon=-159.3560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N520PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N520PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20B (registry code 03081, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,672 total, 2,354 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130405007929I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DEPARTED A CONFINED AREA IN THE WAIMEA CANYON.  PILOT NOTICED COLLECTIVE WAS LIGHTER THAN NORMAL FEEL WHILE ENROUTE.  PILOT LANDED SHORT AT OPERATOR'S RANCH-ORIGINAL DESTINATION WAS LIHUE.  PILOT INSPECTED MAIN ROTOR BLADES AND FOUND IMPACT DAMAGE ON BOTTOM SIDE OF BLADES .  PILOT DEDUCED HE MUST HAVE HIT TREE ON DEPARTURE.

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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