- Date
- October 11, 1979
- Place
- Abbeville, LA · ABBEVILLE, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N58240Hughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133117
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3320 79/10/11 ABBEVILLE,LA HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2586 TIME - 1008 N58240 PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 354 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ABBEVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABBEVILLE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: SHAFT,ROTOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FRICTION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISTORTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- TURBINE TO COMPRESSOR COUPLING TWISTED & BULGED AGAINST INNER COUPLING SHAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58240
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Abbeville
N58240Registration cancelled Aug 13, 2012 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DEngine modelAllison 250-C20 series
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.
Other investigations on N58240 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX93LA132Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKahului, HIThe pilots failure to maintain an adequate visual lookout for obstructions while performing a low altitude surveillance operation in a mountainous area, and, his failure to select an altitude sufficient to ensure clearance from all potential obstacles.NTSB LAX91LA058Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKeanae, HIFuel starvation caused by a loose fuel line 'b' nut, due to improper maintenance; and the failure of the pilot to correctly judge the landing flare during the autorotation.