- Date
- June 11, 1980
- Place
- Wagon Wheel, AK · WAGON WHEEL, AK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N277STHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130318
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0012 80/6/11 NR.WAGON WHEEL,AK HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 8108 TIME - 1000 N277ST PX- 0 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - FIELD SITE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAGON WHEEL,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: MAIN ROTOR BLADES ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: DROOP STOPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SHEARED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- MAIN ROTOR BLADE HIT 2 PERSONS DRG ENG SHTDN.RIVETS SHEARED IN DROOP STOP STRIKER PLATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N277ST
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Field Site