- Date
- October 4, 1979
- Place
- Mt Crawford, VA · MT CRAWFORD, VA
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9076FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791004043669A
- Case key
- 133255
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3441 79/10/4 MT CRAWFORD,VA HUGHES 369HS CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 2997 TIME - 1550 N9076F PX- 2 0 0 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 10 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHENANDOAH VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LURAY CAVERN,VA WEYERS CAVE,VA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- TAIL BOOM SEVERED IN FLIGHT BY MAIN ROTOR BLADES.PLT DECAYED ROTOR RPM TRYING TO STRETCH GLIDE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9076F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Shenandoah Valley
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.