- Date
- March 1, 1979
- Place
- Mckinleyville, CA · MCKINLEYVILLE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8359FHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790301005939A
- Case key
- 137314
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0303 79/3/1 MCKINLEYVILLE,CA HUGHES 369D CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0953 N8359F PX- 0 1 0 CTR PASSG-D AGE 34, 1978 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 224 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARCATA AIRPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SMITH RIVER,CA BLUE LAKE,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT SUSPECTED TAIL ROTOR FAILURE,ATTMPTD EMERG LNDG.MAIN ROTOR BADES SEVERED TAILCONE ON TCHDWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8359F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Arcata Airport
N8359FRegistration cancelled May 14, 2013 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D
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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.