# Incident 20180508004969I: Hughes 369D, Lihue, HI, May 8, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2018, 11:00 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Airport: Lihue
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: 3M3A
- Location: 21.9760° N, 159.3390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIHUE (LIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9760&lon=-159.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N514PA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N514PA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D (registry code 4470706, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20B (registry code 54385, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C20B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 4,300 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180508004969I

## Narrative

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

N514PA WAS IN THE WAINAHA AREA ASSISTING IN TRASH REMOVAL. THE HELICOPTER HAD DEPARTED FROM LIHUE AIRPORT AT AN ESTIMATED TIME OF 9 AM FOR THE WAINAHA AREA. AFTER PERFORMING THE NECESSARY WORK, THE PILOTED HEADED BACK TO PRINCEVILLE AIRPORT TO REFUEL, AFTER TAKING OFF WAINAHA AREA, AT APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET AND AN AIRSPEED OF 50 KNOTS THE LOW ROTOR RPM LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY THE ENGINE OUT LIGHT, THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN HAU TREES.  THE PILOT WAS EXTRACTED BY LONGLINE AND TRANSPORTED TO A NEARBY PASTURE BY A COMPANY AIRCRAFT THAT WAS ONSCENE.

DOM STATED WHEN HE ARRIVED ON SCENE HE NOTED NO FUEL OR OIL LEAKAGE AND THE HELICOPTER WAS LEVEL IN THE ROLL AXIS AND AT ABOUT A 20-DEGREE TAIL DOWN ANGLE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE TREES BY AN AS3SOB2 LATER THAT SAME EVENING USING A 125FT LINE.  NS14PA WAS AIR LIFTED TO A CLEAR AREA NEARBY AND SET DOWN ON ITS SKIDS. AIRCRAFT WAS THEN LIFTED BY CRANE ONTO A TRAILER AND

TRANSPORTED TO OPERATOR'S HANGAR ON LIHUE AIRPORT.

FAA INSPECTORS ARRIVED THE NEXT DAY AND PERFORMED A GENERAL INSPECTION, NOTING DAMAGE TO THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL TAIL SURFACES.  INSPECTORS APPLIED BATTERY POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTED THE "LOW FUEL" LIGHT ILLUMINTATED ON THE ANNUNCIATOR PANEL AND THE FUEL GAUGE NEEDLE WAS IN THE RED AREA INDICATING LITTLE TO NO FUEL. INSPECTORS  ACCESSED THE FUEL TANK WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF OPERATOR MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND NOTED A MINUTE AMOUNT OF FUEL ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK. FUEL FROM THE TANK, FUEL PUMP AND HOSES WAS DRAINED AND APPROXIMATELY 3 CUPS OF FUEL WAS OBTAINED.

INSPECTORS CONCLUDED THEIR INSPECTION, NOTING THE ONLY DAMAGE WAS TO THE ROTOR HEAD FAIRING, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SURFACES AND A CRACKED UPPER RIGHT COCKPIT WINDOW.

## Other reports on N514PA (1)

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

- [Incident 20171016020029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171016020029I), Oct 16, 2017: Hughes 369D (N514PA), Poomau Canyon, HI, Minor damage. On 10/16/2017 at approximately 0930 Hawaii standard time a helicopter operated by airborne aviation inc., was at approximately 4200 ft. AGL on approach to the…

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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