- Date
- April 28, 1975
- Place
- Barrow, AK · BARROW, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9187FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149046
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4015 75/4/28 NR.BARROW,AK HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2250 TIME - 1615 N9187F PX- 0 0 1 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 1720 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BARROW,AK RETURN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SPOTTING AND TAGGING POLAR BEARS.ENG WENT TO FLT IDLE AT TOO LOW ALT FOR SAFE LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9187F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage