# Accident 20180520005649A: Summa Corp 369D, Boutte, LA, May 20, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 2018, 10:48 local time
- Place: Boutte, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Rotorcraft external load (Part 133)
- Operator: X2RL
- Location: 29.8792° N, 90.4036° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8792&lon=-90.4036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N362JS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N362JS-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: MD Helicopters 369D (registry code 3030007, https://openairdocs.org/model/md-helicopters-369d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C20B (registry code 54385, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c20b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SUMMA CORP 369D
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C20B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN18FA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA182) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180520005649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING POWERLINE INSPECTIONS/MAINTENANCE. AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWERPOLE AND HIT POWERLINES AS IT DESCENDED TO GROUND. PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN ONCE AIRCRAFT WAS ON GROUND. PILOT WAS NOT ABLE TO SHUTDOWN ENGINE THROUGH NORMAL PROCEDURES. PILOT USED FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO FIGHT FIRE AND CHOKE ENGINE. CREWMEMBER IN BACK RECEIVED SEVERE INJURIES. CREWMEMBER WORKING ON LEFT SKID WAS FATALY INJURED. LOCAL RESIDENCE IN AREA WERE FIRST ON SCENE AND PROVIDED ASSITANCE TO CREW.

## 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 CEN18FA182](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN18FA182), May 20, 2018: MD Helicopter 369D (N362JS), Luling, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from the powerline structure while hovering, which resulted in an inadvertent collision with the structure and an uncontrolled descent into terrain.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.