- Date
- October 18, 1979
- Place
- Trenton, NJ · TRENTON, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N501RPHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report March 27, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791018037069A
- Case key
- 132731
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3657 79/10/18 TRENTON,NJ HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1600 N501RP PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 36, 5447 TOTAL HOURS, 415 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCER CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRENTON,NJ PISCATAWAY,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- T/R DRIVE SHAFT COUPLING P/N 369H92564-D,MANUFACTURER'S P/N 19E149,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N501RP
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Mercer Co
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.