- Date
- April 26, 1981
- Place
- Morgan, SD · MORGAN, SD
- Injuries
- 3 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N58283Hughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810426018649A
- Case key
- 125412
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3352 81/4/26 MORGAN,UT HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 6620 TIME - 1145 N58283 PX- 0 0 2 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MT GREEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SMOOT,WY LOST CREEK DAM,UT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- LOST CTL OF ENG PWR,PWR STAYED AT ABOUT 65PCT TORQUE,ENG SHTDWN FOR LNDG.SANDSTONE FND IN FUEL CTL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58283
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mt Green
N58283Registration cancelled Jul 3, 1984 · 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.