- Date
- November 14, 1987, 13:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Honolulu, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N1113LHughes 369D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 25905
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of engine power(total) - nonmechanical
Planning/decision - improperCause
Fluid,fuel - exhaustionCause
Fuel supply - inadequateCause
Forced landing
Autorotation - performed
Hard landing
Analysis
The plt rprtd that during an external load operation, the helicopter ran out of fuel. Subsequently, it was damaged when it touched down hard during a forced landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1113L
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 1100837D
- Engine
- Allison 250-C20B, 375 horsepower, turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 133
- Operator
- Sun Air Copters
- Registered owner
- Sun Air Copter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HNL · Honolulu, HI
N1113LRegistration cancelled Jan 9, 2018 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DEngine modelAllison 250-C20 series
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
- 38
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 12,400 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
Other investigations on N1113L · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX04LA116Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWahiawa, HIThe pilot's failure to properly secure the external sling load, which allowed the load to shift, and subsequently strike and remove the tail rotor.NTSB LAX93LA249Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKahului, HIThe failure of the pilot to maintain adequate ground obstruction clearance while engaged in a cattle herding operation.NTSB LAX91LA054Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportHaleakla Nat Pk, HIFuel starvation due to the unporting of the fuel supply pick-up.