- Date
- October 7, 1981
- Place
- Savannah, GA · SAVANNAH, GA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N444HMHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811007065749A
- Case key
- 123685
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2059 81/10/7 NR.SAVANNAH,GA HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 950 TIME - 1900 N444HM PX- 0 1 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.LAUDERDALE,FL SAVANNAH,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD ON SLOPING TRRN AT DUSK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N444HM
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N444HMRegistration cancelled Mar 8, 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.