- Date
- August 26, 1980
- Place
- Wrangell, AK · WRANGELL, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9207FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800826040959A
- Case key
- 129423
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1735 80/8/26 NR.WRANGELL,AK HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1317 TIME - 0915 N9207F PX- 0 0 2 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 157 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - L.O.G. CAMP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WRANGELL,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LEFT AIRCRAFT UNATTENDED, ENGINE RUNNING REMARKS- FLOAT EQUIPPED.AS PLT EXITED HELICOPTER,IT TIPPED BACK & FELL OFF HELIPAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9207F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- L.O.G. Camp
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.