- Date
- July 30, 1973
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N177STHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report January 15, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730730039359A
- Case key
- 188867
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3480 73/7/30 NR.KETCHIKAN,ALAS HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 55, 10287 TIME - 1205 N177ST PX- 0 2 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KETCHIKAN,ALAS RETURN FRANCIS COVE,ALAS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- HEARD LOUD SNAP,UN MNTN DIR CNTL.NO PRE-IMPACT METAL DISTRESS NOTED EXCEPT GOUGE TO LEAD EDGE T/R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N177ST
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N177STRegistration cancelled Jul 19, 2017 · Hughes 369HSAirframe modelHughes 369HSEngine modelAllison 250-C20 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.