# NTSB ATL82DA228: Hughes 369HS, N9209F, Nashville, TN, August 4, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: August 4, 1982, 09:07 local (13:07 UTC)
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 4, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 71831
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DA228
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71831/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DA228

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, landing - flare/touchdown
  - rotorcraft flight control system,cyclic trim - binding(mechanical) (contributing factor)
  - cyclic - improper use of, pilot in command (cause)
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown

## Analysis

PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE HELICOPTER DURING LANDING. THE LANDING WAS HARD AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED. THE ONLY PRE-EXISTING DISCREPANCY WAS A "NOTCHIENESS" IN THE CYCLIC TRIM. THE PILOT SAID CYCLIC TRIM HAD RUN AWAY THE PREVIOUS DAY. HE FURTHER STATED IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PILOT INDUCED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9209F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 627F
- Airframe hours: 2036
- Engines: ALLISON 250-C20 278 horsepower turbo shaft
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Cargile Co.
- Registered owner: Cargile Co.
- Departed: NASHVILLE, TN
- Destination: NASHVILLE, TN

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 39; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane, helicopter; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 4,949 total, 180 in this make and model, 4,056 as pilot in command, 91 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 26° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 178 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820804034829A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820804034829A), Aug 4, 1982: Hughes 369HS, Nashville, TN, Destroyed. Misused trim and cylic controls on planned vertical landing. Struck ground in nose high attitude and rolled over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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