- Date
- August 18, 1979
- Place
- Kemmerer, WY · KEMMERER, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N83FCHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790818043339A
- Case key
- 133777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3697 79/8/18 NR.KEMMERER,WY HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N83FC PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D AGE 35, 6600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1200 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEMMERER,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83FC
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N83FCRegistration cancelled May 13, 1980 · 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.