- Date
- February 4, 1984, 19:24 local (Feb 5, 1984, 03:24 UTC)
- Place
- San Diego, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8319FHughes 500C (369HS)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 24159
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported a partial power loss. During the forced landing tahe right skid collapsed & the t/r severed the tail boom. During a subsequent eng test, the eng would produce no more than 20 PSI torque at 100% N2. The fuel control & fuel nozzle were found to be contaminated with a brown powdery substance of unknown origin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8319F
- Reported as
- Hughes 500C (369HS) (500C (369H)
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 560818S
- Airframe hours
- 2,914
- Engine
- Allison 250 C20, 278 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tuna Fleet Management Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 4, 1984
- Departed
- SDM · San Diego, CA
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,628 total · 2,554 in this make and model · 42,001 as pilot in command · 110 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAN, 8 nm away
Other investigations on N8319F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.