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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 369A · Burnet, TX · September 2, 2017

Date
September 2, 2017 · 17:00 local
Place
Burnet, TX
Airport
Burnet
Phase of flight
Other, Specify
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N50MP
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN17LA336
Reported as
Hughes 369A
Reported engine
Allison 250-C10D
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
3
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

During return to bmq(Burnet, TX.) N50MP a huges 369A exhausted all its fuel approximately 1 mile short of the fuel facility at Burnet. The pilot failed to execute an appropriate response and landed hard onto U.S. Hwy. 281. The helicopter was substantially damaged and 2 passengers were seriuously injured

As the FAA filed it

DURING RETURN TO BMQ(BURNET, TX.) N50MP A HUGES 369A EXHAUSTED ALL ITS FUEL APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SHORT OF THE FUEL FACILITY AT BURNET. THE PILOT FAILED TO EXECUTE AN APPROPRIATE RESPONSE AND LANDED HARD ONTO U.S. HWY. 281. THE HELICOPTER WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND 2 PASSENGERS WERE SERIUOUSLY INJURED

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.