- Date
- July 2, 1975
- Place
- Elma, WA · ELMA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N82ALHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750702023329A
- Case key
- 150544
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3069 75/7/2 ELMA,WA HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1015 N82AL PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION 28, 5043 TOTAL HOURS, 340 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCK CANDY MTN,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATION,PULLING CABLE. HAD TO LND ON 45DEG SLOPE. NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82AL
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N82ALRegistration cancelled Feb 27, 2013 · Hughes 369HSAirframe modelHughes 369HSEngine modelAllison 250 SER 400HP
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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.