- Date
- October 27, 1980
- Place
- Alma, CO · ALMA, CO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N58216Hughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801027057869A
- Case key
- 128570
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2705 80/10/27 NR.ALMA,CO HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0915 N58216 PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG 44, 7195 TOTAL HOURS, 210 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALMA,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED IN INITIATING GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 32 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 20 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- ENCTRD WHITE-OUT FM ROTOR WASH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58216
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N58216Registration cancelled Jul 16, 2013 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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