- Date
- January 22, 1979
- Place
- Aberdeen, WA · ABERDEEN, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9256FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report November 28, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790122001339A
- Case key
- 137248
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2529 79/1/22 NR.ABERDEEN,WA HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0800 N9256F PX- 0 0 3 CONSTRUCTION 45, 10202 TOTAL HOURS, 51 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ABERDEEN,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- M/R BLADES HIT TAIL BOOM DRG LNDG.PLT STATED-ACFT LOST PWR AFTER TKOF AT APRX 200FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9256F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9256FRegistration cancelled Feb 21, 2002 · Hughes 369HSAirframe modelHughes 369HSEngine modelAllison 250-C10D
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.