- Date
- May 25, 1981
- Place
- Glennallen, AK · GLENNALLEN, AK
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N211EHHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810525027769A
- Case key
- 125419
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3386 81/5/25 NR.GLENNALLEN,AK HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1745 N211EH PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 43, 4744 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2154 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP HOUMA,LA ANCHORAGE,AK NORTHWAY,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMP,FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: NOZZLE,FUEL MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL NOZZLE OBSTD,PARTICLES FM CORRODED PMP GEARS.CONTAMINATION SOURCE UNKN.PREV FLEW 9HR,SAME DAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N211EH
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N211EHRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N211EH · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX85LA116Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMakakilo, HIOn an air taxi flt, after landing at a prearranged site the plt signaled to his 3 pax to board the helicopter. As the pax attempted to board from the right side of the acft, the rotor blades went out of track/phase. The acft began uncontrollable bouncing up…NTSB LAX84LA314Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportHonolulu, HIThe helicopter experienced a tail rotor failure shortly after departing the airport on a VFR local sling loading flt. The plt stated that, 'at approx 500 ft asl on climb out experienced sudden, severe vibration. Made a 180 degree turn to return to airport &…