- Date
- February 16, 1979
- Place
- Montague, CA · MONTAGUE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8696FHughes 369C
- Status
- Completed · report March 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790216003009A
- Case key
- 137751
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0174 79/2/16 MONTAGUE,CA HUGHES 369C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 6130 TIME - 1545 N8696F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 1565 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTAGUE-YREKA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MONTAGUE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND REMARKS- DRNG LDG HELI WENT INTO MUD,CAME TO SUDDEN STOP,MR BLADES CUT OFF TAILBOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8696F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Montague-Yreka
N8696FRegistration cancelled Oct 29, 2013 · Hughes 369HSAirframe modelHughes 369HSEngine modelAllison 250-C20 series
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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.