# NTSB investigations: Hughes 369HS: Hard landing

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB SEA02LA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA02LA172.md): Hughes 500 · Carnation, WA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Sep 10, 2002 · N9263F · Substantial damage
  > The pilot's delayed power application during a practice power recovery autorotation.
- [NTSB CHI87LA180](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87LA180.md): Hughes 369HS · Griffith, IN · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 30, 1987 · N42405 · Substantial damage
  > The tail boom of the helicopter was severed after rotor blade contact during a hard landing. The acc occurred during an autorotation demo for the police dept with a power recovery. Application of power was late and the helicopter landed hard and bounced. The…
- [NTSB MIA87LA106](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87LA106.md): Hughes 364HS · Opa Locka, FL · Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 1987 · N4507C · Substantial damage
  > The pilot of the helicopter was executing a normal approach to the ground when as he neared the ground the ventral fin struck the ground. The tail rotor driveshaft re-centered and the pilot thought the accompanying shudder was a tail rotor failure, and landed…
- [NTSB MKC83LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA149.md): Hughes 369HS · Springfield, MO · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Jul 9, 1983 · N500PA · Substantial damage
  > The plt reported that he had made a practice autorotation with a full power recovery & was landing when the accident occurred. He said the helicopter touched down hard, tail 1st, and rocked forward. The helicopter remained upright, but the main rotors struck…

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('4470728')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 200))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=4470728&occurrence=200

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