# Accident 20140429006569A: Hughes OH-6, April 29, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2014, 10:30 local time
- Airport: Hanksville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.5661° N, 110.9500° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5661&lon=-110.9500&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37929, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37929-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes OH-6 (registry code 4470904, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-oh-6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES OH-6
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 19,817 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR14GA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14GA176) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140429006569A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND TAIL ROTER EFFECTIVENESS, AUTOROTATED TO A POINT WHERE IT ROLLED 50 FEET DOWN AN EMBANKMENT.

## 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 WPR14GA176](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14GA176), Apr 29, 2014: Hughes OH 6 (N37929), Bullfrog, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: A loss of engine power while the helicopter was hovering for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the engine and rotor drive system revealed no evidence of a…

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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