# NTSB OAK79DXQ10: Hughes 369C, N9141F, Minden, NV, January 4, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 4, 1979
- Place: Minden, NV · MINDEN, NV
- Location: 38.9646° N, 119.7666° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minden, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9646&lon=-119.7666&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 6, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 137618
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK79DXQ10
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK79DXQ10

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9141F-2013-05-22), registration cancelled 2013-05-22, S/N 430468S, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369C
- Registry model: [Hughes 369HS](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-369hs) (registry code 4470728) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Allison 250 SER 400HP](https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-ser-400hp) (registry code 03013, turbo-shaft) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: turbo shaft
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Douglas County

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790104000319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790104000319A), Jan 4, 1979: Hughes 369HS, Menden, NV, Substantial damage. Pilot was practicing autorotations. Landed hard. Main rotor blades hit tail rotor.

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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