- Date
- November 24, 1981
- Place
- Deming, NM · DEMING, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1089NHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811124075089A
- Case key
- 123339
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2543 81/11/24 NR.DEMING,NM HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1145 N1089N PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE 38, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 213 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS CRUCES,NM DEMING,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: FUEL QUANTITY GAUGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: OTHER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL GAUGE INDCD 40LBS RMNG.LOW FUEL LGT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1089N
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N1089NRegistration cancelled Jun 14, 1996 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N1089N · 1
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