- Date
- September 12, 1980
- Place
- Newport, WA · NEWPORT, WA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1090LHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report February 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800912041569A
- Case key
- 128004
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3479 80/9/12 NR.NEWPORT,WA HUGHES 369D CR- 0 2 0 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1244 N1090L PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D 43, 6260 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1670 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEWPORT,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) POWERPLANT - POWERPLANT-INSTRUMENTS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FUEL LOW LEVEL WARNING LIGHT GRND WIRE LOOSE. CONTROLLED TIMBER BURNING OPNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1090L
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.