# NTSB SEA82DA119: Hughes 369D, N8694F, Creswell, OR, July 20, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: July 20, 1982, 13:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place: Creswell, OR
- Coordinates: 43.900844, -123.019615 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9008&lon=-123.0196&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 20, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70371
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA82DA119
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70371/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA82DA119

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS PRACTICING HOVERING AUTOROTATIONS AND QUICK STOPS. HE STATED THAT AFTER ABOUT SIX GOOD QUICK STOPS, HE MADE A TAIL LOW LANDING AND THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES FLEXED INTO THE TAIL BOOM.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - autorotation - performed, pilot in command
  - distance - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8694F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8694F-2001-07-11), registration cancelled 2001-07-11, S/N 380275D (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 369D
- Registry model: [Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369D](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-helicopters-hughes-369d) (registry code 4470706) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Serial number: 275D
- Airframe hours: 1226
- Engines: ALLISON 250-C2OB 375 horsepower turbo shaft
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Mazama Timber Products Company
- Registered owner: Mazama Timber Products Company
- Departed: OR58, CRESWELL, OR
- Destination: OR58, CRESWELL, OR
- Airport: OR58, Mazama Newport, runway 20, 50 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,938 total, 3,938 in this make and model, 3,467 as pilot in command, 84 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 340° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 167 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820720030719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820720030719A), Jul 20, 1982: Hughes 369D, Creswell, OR, Substantial damage. Main rotor blade severed tail boom on a practice quick stop hard landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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