- Date
- August 8, 1981
- Place
- Ketchikan, AK · KETCHIKAN, AK
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9171FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810808049569A
- Case key
- 124187
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3400 81/8/8 NR.KETCHIKAN,AK HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 63, 12069 TIME - 0800 N9171F PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1506 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KETCHKAN,AK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS TERRAIN - OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- DEACTIVATE ENG OUT WRNG/AUTO-IGN BFR TKOF.TCHD WN ON LOG NR GRVL BAR/TREES.FILTER BLKD W DEBRI.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9171F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- 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.