- Date
- June 8, 1982, 20:00 local (Jun 9, 1982, 03:00 UTC)
- Place
- 2nm Nnm Redmond, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8730FHughes 269A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820609021079A
- Case key
- 69638
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Analysis
The engine lost power during the climb and the pilot executed an autorotation. Upon landing the aircraft rocked back and the main rotor severed the tail boom.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(partial) - mech failure/malf
Ignition system,magneto - failure,partialCause
Forced landing
Miscellaneous/other
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8730F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 220046
- Airframe hours
- 1,500
- Engine
- Lycoming HO-360-B1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Roger Doherty
- Registered owner
- Roger Doherty
- Departed
- Bellevue, WA
- Destination
- Bellevue, WA
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 415 total · 415 in this make and model · 380 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 145 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BFI, 12 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.