- Date
- August 30, 1983, 17:30 local (Aug 31, 1983, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Shandon, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5007GHughes 369D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830830048709A
- Case key
- 23499
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The helicopter made a hard landing during autorotation after the plt reportedly had an engine failure at about 50 ft aglabout 15 minutes after takeoff. The engine was checked at long beach after the accident and test run in the acft. The engine was also placed in a test cell and checked. Results of these tests indicated the engine met the specifications ofa new engine. All tests on the acft and engine components were satisfactory and nothing was noted to preclude normal operation of the acft and engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5007G
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 811038D
- Airframe hours
- 232
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 350 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Snoopy Aero, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · July 11, 1983 · 27 hours before
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane, Helicopter
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,452 total · 38 in this make and model · 4,316 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRB, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.