- Date
- February 21, 1980
- Place
- Siletz, OR · SILETZ, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9219FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800221004699A
- Case key
- 131546
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1949 80/2/21 NR.SILETZ,OR HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1824 TIME - 1345 N9219F PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D TOTAL HOURS, 63 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SILETZ,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL CONTROL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FOREIGN MATTER,SOURCE UNDETERMINED,FOUND IN FUEL CTL UNIT. EXTERNAL LOGGING OPNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9219F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9219FRegistration cancelled May 22, 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.
Other investigations on N9219F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX91LA198Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKeanae, HIThe total failure in fatigue of the helicopter's spur adapter gearshaft. A contributing factor was related to the lack of a suitable emergency landing site.NTSB LAX90LA162Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKahului, HIThe pilots failure to ensure that adequate room existed to position the helicopter on the landing platform. Contributing to the accident was the failure of ground personnel to ensure that hazards to the landing helicopter were clear of the landing area.