- Date
- March 28, 1973
- Place
- Point La Hache, LA · POINT LA HACHE, LA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9031FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730328006809A
- Case key
- 170598
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0838 73/3/28 POINT LA HACHE,LA HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2186 TIME - 0827 N9031F PX- 0 0 3 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 89 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HARVEY,LA VENICE,LA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE TERRAIN - OTHER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FATIGUE FAILURE OF SPUR ADAPTER GR SHAFT-TO MISS DITCH, PLT HAD TO FLARE EARLY.LOW GRND SPEED LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9031F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.