- Date
- April 13, 1981
- Place
- Ashland City, TN · ASHLAND CITY, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N58221Hughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810413016059A
- Case key
- 126707
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0591 81/4/13 ASHLAND CITY,TN HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1810 N58221 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 32, 4355 TOTAL HOURS, 720 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLARKSVILLE,TN LAVERGNE,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CO-PLT THROTTLE LINKAGE MISRIGGED.IP FAILED TO SEE ENG QUIT TIL TERMINATION OF SIM AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58221
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N58221Registration cancelled Apr 26, 1989 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D
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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.