# NTSB ATL85LA031: Hughes 369HS, N505WW, Hogansville, GA, November 9, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: November 9, 1984, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Hogansville, GA
- Coordinates: 33.159904, -84.89936 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1599&lon=-84.8994&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 2 uninjured; on the ground: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6705
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL85LA031
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6705/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL85LA031

## Sequence of events

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

- Propeller/rotor contact to person, standing - engine(s) operating
  - object - other person (contributing factor)
  - passenger briefing - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - supervision - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - passenger briefing - not understood, passenger (cause)
  - crew/group coordination - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

A DEPLANING PASSENGER WALKED INTO THE ROTATING TAIL ROTOR. THE PASSENGER HAD BEEN WALKED AWAY FROM THE ACFT BY THE PLTS BROTHER BUT SHE RETURNED ON HER OWN AND WAS STRUCK BY THE TAIL ROTOR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N505WW](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N505WW-1990-12-10), registration cancelled 1990-12-10, S/N 150698S (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Registry model: [Hughes 369HS](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (registry code 4470728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 150698S
- Airframe hours: 1621
- Engines: ALLISON 250C20 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Minor damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Superior Contractor And Assoc.
- Registered owner: Lanier & Lanier, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, March 14, 1984, 25 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 2,360 total, 210 in this make and model, 2,150 as pilot in command, 25 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 66 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FTY, 40 nm away

## 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 19841109061419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841109061419A), Nov 9, 1984: Hughes 369HS, Hogansville, GA, Minor damage. Deplaning passenger told to stay outside of rotor arc walked into idling tail rotor. Ground man was checking loading

## Other investigations on N505WW (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX90FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX90FA248), Jul 9, 1990: McDonnell Douglas 369HS (N505WW), Modesto, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: IN-FLIGHT ENGINE FIRE OF UNDETERMINED ORIGIN.

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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