- Date
- May 30, 1979
- Place
- Amherstdale, WV · AMHERSTDALE, WV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8674FHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report July 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790530013349A
- Case key
- 144041
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1316 79/5/30 AMHERSTDALE,WV HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 2587 TIME - 1100 N8674F PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1011 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMHERSTDALE,WV GILBERT,KY 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 - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: BEARING,SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8674F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8674FRegistration cancelled Aug 31, 1993 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D
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Other investigations on N8674F · 1
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