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| Date: | Tuesday 16 August 2022 |
| Time: | 10:50 |
| Type: |  Hughes 369HS |
| Owner/operator: | Pacific Spotters |
| Registration: | RP-C6911 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga -
 Philippines
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | - |
| - | |
| Investigating agency: | AAIIB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
A Hughes OH-6A Cayuse or 369HS crashed during a maintenance flight in Clark Freeport Zone, Mabalacat, Pampanga. The pilot was fatally injured. The 2 mechanics fell out of the helicopter, one of them having only minor injuries, but the other one being seriously injured.
PROBABLE CAUSE
• Primary Cause Factor
a. The Pilot’s overreaching act towards the RH seat to view computer data inadvertently released pressure on the collective stick (at low friction mode) that resulted in collective stick snap-up and in aircraft sudden lift-off.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/16/22/1-dead-2-injured-in-pampanga-chopper-crash
https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/general-aviation/2022-08-16/another-fatal-crash-hansen-helo-trial-resumes
https://caap.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Accident-RP-C6911-2.pdf (another final report)
Media:
1 dead, 2 injured in Pampanga chopper crash https://t.co/D2oXlAl6Ua
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) August 16, 2022
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Aug-2022 10:41 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Aug-2022 10:49 | Aerossurance | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 16-Aug-2022 10:51 | Aerossurance | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Aug-2022 20:15 | Aerossurance | Updated [Source, ] |
| 18-Aug-2022 15:49 | Aerossurance | Updated [Operator, Source, ] |
| 22-Jun-2025 07:21 | Superblacknice111222 | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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