- Date
- January 9, 1979
- Place
- Bridgeport, CA · BRIDGEPORT, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N58231Hughes 369B
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790109000579A
- Case key
- 137706
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0131 79/1/9 BRIDGEPORT,CA HUGHES 369B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0920 N58231 PX- 0 0 3 CTR PASSG-D 32, 4552 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2060 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNESVILLE RANCH,CA EAGLE PEAK,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - SNOW-COVERED WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WHITEOUT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 25 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 180 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- LOST SIGHT OF GROUND DURING LANDING WHEN ROTOR DOWN WASH CAUSED WHITEOUT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N58231
- Reported as
- Hughes 369B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.