- Date
- April 9, 1980
- Place
- Chugwater, WY · CHUGWATER, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N49667Hughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report July 14, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800409008229A
- Case key
- 130908
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1353 80/4/9 NR.CHUGWATER,WY HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 1125 TIME - 0750 N49667 PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 72 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHUGWATER,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CREW COORDINATION-POOR REMARKS- WHILE STRINGING WIRE FM TALL TWR,STEEL CABLE WAS DRAWN UP THRU MAIN ROTOR BLADES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49667
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.