- Date
- March 10, 1975
- Place
- Mt Sterling, KY · MT STERLING, KY
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9114FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750310006049A
- Case key
- 148243
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0700 75/3/10 MT STERLING,KY HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 44, 1212 TIME - 1230 N9114F PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 291 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,WV LONDON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - INITIATED FLIGHT IN ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS SNOW SHOWERS OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SNOW VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- FLT MANUAL PROHIBITS FLT IN FALLING SNOW.LNDD ON HWY MEDIAN STRIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9114F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9114FRegistration cancelled Oct 2, 2019 · Hughes 369HSAirframe modelHughes 369HSEngine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
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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.