- Date
- June 30, 1972
- Place
- Longmire, WA · LONGMIRE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9068FHughes 500
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167429
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2246 72/6/30 LONGMIRE,WASH HUGHES 500 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1006 TIME - 1215 N9068F PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONGMIRE,WASH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - DOWNDRAFT,UPDRAFTS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 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 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- CRASHED INTO MTN AT 9500FT ELEV.CARRYING CARGO UP TO MTN BASE CAMP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9068F
- Reported as
- Hughes 500
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9068FRegistration cancelled May 10, 2019 · Hughes 369HSAirframe modelHughes 369HSEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N9068F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB WPR15LA257Accident · 1 fatalLimited investigationFinal reportManra Island, KiribatiA The loss of helicopter control for reasons that could not be determined asbecause the helicopter sank in the oceanwater and was not recovered.NTSB LAX98LA053Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSaipan, IndiaThe failure of the maintenance facility to comply with the service bulletins, which resulted in the development of a corrosion pit, subsequent leakage and failure of the acceleration bellows of the fuel control.