- Date
- May 16, 1980
- Place
- Yountville, CA · YOUNTVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N58430Hughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report July 15, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800516014219A
- Case key
- 131049
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1463 80/5/16 YOUNTVILLE,CA HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 393 TIME - 1330 N58430 PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 70 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUTHERFORD,CA OAKLAND,CA 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 - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58430
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N58430Registration cancelled Sep 18, 2026 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DEngine 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.