- Date
- November 10, 1977
- Place
- Morton, WA · MORTON, WA
- Injuries
- 5 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9174FHughes 369C
- Status
- Completed · report December 29, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771110036069A
- Case key
- 145683
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3599 77/11/10 NR.MORTON,WA HUGHES 369C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N9174F PX- 0 0 4 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 38, 6218 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 273 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RANDAL,WA MORTON,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) WEATHER - SUDDEN WINDSHIFT FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 45 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- STEEP APCH.ENCOUNTERED TAILWIND GUST TO EST 20KTS AT 20FT AGL,SETTLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9174F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.