- Date
- July 18, 1978
- Place
- Wiseman, AK · WISEMAN, AK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8689FHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report March 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780718042999A
- Case key
- 140389
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4134 78/7/18 NR.WISEMAN,AK HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1130 N8689F PX- 0 0 1 FERRY 32, 3370 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1200 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SURVEY CAMP WISEMAN,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- 15FT CABLE WITH HOOK AT FREE END ATTACHED TO BOTTOM OF FUSELAGE-COULD REACH T/R.T/R NOT RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8689F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- 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.