# Incident 20160215000989I: Hughes 369D, Danville, WV, February 15, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2016, 12:53 local time
- Place: Danville, WV
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: SJKL
- Location: 38.0818° N, 81.8352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danville, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0818&lon=-81.8352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1107T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1107T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250 SER 250HP (registry code 03002, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-250hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250 SER 250HP
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,900 total, 7,800 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160215000989I

## Narrative

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

N1107T MADE A HARD LANDING IN A WVDOH PARKING LOT AFTER THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK A GRAVEL PILE DUE TO FLAT LIGHT AND WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS. THE ROTORCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR TAIL ROTOR / TAIL BOOM DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N1107T (1)

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

- [Accident 19820513019119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820513019119A), May 13, 1982: Hughes 369D (N1107T), Wrangell, AK, Substantial damage. Engine flameout after fying through heavy wet snow. Struck a tree on autoration landing. No engine or fuel problem.

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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