# NTSB FTW84LA315: Hughes 369HS, N9183F, El Paso, TX, July 21, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 21, 1984, 10:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Coordinates: 31.639158, -106.269279 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.6392&lon=-106.2693&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21401
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84LA315
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21401/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84LA315

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering - aerial application
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE HELICOPTER CRASHED INTO A FIELD DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT. THERE WERE NO EYEWITNESSES TO THE CRASH. THE PILOT WAS PULLED FROM THE WRECKAGE BY A FARM WORKER WHO HEARD THE CRASH. THE PILOT WOULD NOT STATE TO INVESTIGATORS WHAT OCCURRED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N9183F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 440593S
- Airframe hours: 3540
- Engines: ALLISON 250-C20B 420 horsepower turbo shaft
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Registered owner: Harold D. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Restricted (Special)

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 50; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea, multi-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 12,265 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 12,250 as pilot in command, 40 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: ELP

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840721034129A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840721034129A), Jul 21, 1984: Hughes 369HS, El Paso, TX, Destroyed. Helicopter crashed during an ag operation over a cotton field. Cause not determined.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.