- Date
- August 27, 1981
- Place
- Lk Minchumina, AK · LK MINCHUMINA, AK
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8363FHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810827090059A
- Case key
- 123665
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3671 81/8/27 NR.LK MINCHUMINA,AK HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 20000 TIME - 1200 N8363F PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1503 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FIELD SITE LK MINCHUMINA,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 - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: STATOR VANE PWR PLT-3RD STAGE STATOR VANES ERODED. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- CLRD TREES,MARSHY/UNEVEN TUNDRA.COMPRSR,1131HRS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8363F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8363FRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 1991 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8363F · 1
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