- Date
- April 20, 1981
- Place
- Las Vegas, NV · LAS VEGAS, NV
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8610FHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810420017349A
- Case key
- 126107
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1133 81/4/20 NR.LAS VEGAS,NV HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 3985 TIME - 1450 N8610F PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 1005 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: CASTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY POWERPLANT - COMPRESSOR ASSEMBLY: STATOR VANE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLASTIC COATING IN COMPRESSOR ERODED,EXPOSING STATOR VANE ROOTS.3RD/4TH STAGE STATOR BLADES FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8610F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.