- Date
- January 4, 1979
- Place
- Minden, NV · MINDEN, NV
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9141FHughes 369C
- Status
- Completed · report February 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790104000319A
- Case key
- 137618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0046 79/1/4 NR.MINDEN,NV HUGHES 369C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 2548 TIME - 1530 N9141F PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINDEN,NV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- PRACTICE HOVERING AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9141F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Douglas County
N9141FRegistration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Hughes 369HSAirframe modelHughes 369HSEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
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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.