- Date
- May 19, 1979
- Place
- King City, CA · KING CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8374FHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 136040
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0896 79/5/19 KING CITY,CA HUGHES 369D CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 2200 N8374F PX- 0 0 1 CORP/EXEC 40, 5562 TOTAL HOURS, 362 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONE RANCH HELO PAD FRESNO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) SYSTEMS - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: SWITCHES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELECTRICAL FAILURE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8374F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed