# NTSB OAK72DJY16: Hughes 369HS, N354X, Long Tieng, Laos, June 27, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 27, 1972
- Place: Long Tieng, Laos · LONG TIENG, Laos
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 28, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 167756
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK72DJY16
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72DJY16

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0090  72/6/27    LONG TIENG,LAOS     HUGHES 369HS        CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1515                    N354X               PX-  0  0  1  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      29, 6581 TOTAL HOURS, 141
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-I        IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG TIENG
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          LONG TIENG,LAOS             RETURN                       BAN XON,LAOS
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
           HARD LANDING                                             LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING
        REMARKS- FUEL GAGE INDICATED 60-75LBS.ENG FLAME-OUT.2+58 SINCE REFUEL.INVEST UNDR JURISDICTION LAOTIAN GOVT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N354X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369HS
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: turbo shaft
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Long Tieng

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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