Accident · 1997-02-21
What the record says
- Event date
- 1997-02-21
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Serious injury
- Aircraft
- Hughes 369D (N505RM)
- Operating rule
- Part 135
- Operator
- Manuiwa Airways, Inc. Operator named in NTSB report
- Operated by (per NTSB report)
- MANUIWA AIRWAYS
Probable cause
failure of the tail rotor for undetermined reason(s), resulting in tail rotor imbalance, separation of the tail rotor, and an autorotative landing on rough terrain with high vegetation. The lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing was a related factor.
Source: NTSB case LAX97FA107Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.