- Date
- June 7, 1976
- Place
- Vinita, OK · VINITA, OK
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N500PAHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760607014959A
- Case key
- 153936
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1483 76/6/7 NR.VINITA,OK HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N500PA PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 34, 1178 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 181 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEONS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TULSA,OK VINITA,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N500PA
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Leons
N500PARegistration cancelled Apr 2, 2020 · Hughes 369HSAirframe modelHughes 369HSEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
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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.
Other investigations on N500PA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.