- Date
- May 9, 1972
- Place
- Harahan, LA · HARAHAN, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N9092FHughes 369
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 166158
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1721 72/5/9 HARAHAN,LA HUGHES 369 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 2326 TIME - 1515 N9092F PX- 1 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETROLEUM HELIPRT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARAHAN,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR ACCIDENT TO PERSON STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PX DEPLANED BEFORE ROTOR BLADES STOPPED TURNING,WALKED INTO TAIL ROTOR. INADQT PREFLT PSGR BRFNG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9092F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Petroleum Heliprt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.