- Date
- August 8, 1977
- Place
- Salinas, CA · SALINAS, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8300FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report September 20, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770808024609A
- Case key
- 146118
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1814 77/8/8 NR.SALINAS,CA HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1020 N8300F PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-D 28, 4859 TOTAL HOURS, 682 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTEREY,CA BIG SUR,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: BEARINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FRICTION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SMOKE IN COCKPIT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8300F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.