- Date
- June 29, 1978
- Place
- New Meadows, ID · NEW MEADOWS, ID
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8380FHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report July 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780629021239A
- Case key
- 141238
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1488 78/6/29 NR.NEW MEADOWS,ID HUGHES 369D CR- 2 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2320 N8380F PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 45, 4587 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 31 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW MEADOWS,ID LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - OTHER WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 1500 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- NO HORIZON OR GROUND REFERENCE LIGHTS.ATTEMPTED BLADE TRACKING WITH HAND-HELD STROBE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8380F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8380FRegistration cancelled Sep 22, 1978 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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