- Date
- June 30, 1981
- Place
- Farewell, AK · FAREWELL, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N58262Hughes 500D
- Status
- Completed · report May 24, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 123568
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3619 81/6/30 NR.FAREWELL,AK HUGHES 500D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 3500 TIME - 0845 N58262 PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 254 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP CHARLIE LAKE,AK UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED FAREWELL,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CO FLT PLN. PLT MAKING PINNACLE APP TO RIDGELNE.GOVERNOR LEVER CONTROL ROD FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58262
- Reported as
- Hughes 500D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed