# Accident 20210917015999A: Hughes 369HS, Ash, NC, September 17, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 17, 2021, 11:50 local time
- Place: Ash, NC
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: 5BWG
- Location: 34.0614° N, 78.5200° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0614&lon=-78.5200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N420AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N420AT-2024-09-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hughes 369HS (registry code 4470728, https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C20 (registry code 03080, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C20
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,453 total, 1,926 in this make and model, 145 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA21LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA368) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210917015999A

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED: "ON FRIDAY, 9/17/21 BETWEEN 10:00 AND 11:00 AM WE WERE IN NC SPRAYING BEANS.  I CAME IN AND GOT THE FIRST LOAD OF THE DAY AND WHEN I FLEW OFF, THE HELICOPTER DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT POWER.  WHEN I WENT TO COME OFF THE TRUCK THE LOW ROTOR RPM HORN CAME ON AND BY THEN I WAS IN THE BEANS.  THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING WITH POWER AND I SHUT IT OFF."

SIGNED,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 ERA21LA368](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA21LA368), Sep 17, 2021: Hughes 369 (N420AT), Ash, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to corrosion and erosion damage to the engine’s compressor section components.

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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