- Date
- September 30, 1980
- Place
- Pacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean) · PACIFIC OCEAN, PO
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9252FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800930074359A
- Case key
- 127571
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3710 80/9/30 PACIFIC OCEAN HUGHES 369HS CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 5640 TIME - 1500 N9252F PX- 1 0 0 FISH SPOTTING TOTAL HOURS, 315 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUNA SHIP LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- OBSERVED IMPACTING WATER INVERTED.WRECKAGE RECOVERED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9252F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9252F · 1
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