- Date
- August 5, 1976
- Place
- Skagway, AK · SKAGWAY, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9079FHughes 369
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760805024679A
- Case key
- 155086
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1817 76/8/5 NR.SKAGWAY,AK HUGHES 369 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 3020 TIME - 1430 N9079F PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 680 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SKAGWAY,AK FIELD SITE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- M/R BLADES HIT CLIFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9079F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.