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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269B · Vandalia, OH · August 3, 1978

Date: August 3, 1978 · 18:45 local
Place: Vandalia, OH
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N9439F
Reported as: Hughes 269B
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,596 total40 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N9439FRegistration cancelled Jun 23, 1993 · Hughes 269BS/N 550194 Airframe modelHughes 269B

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Bad vibration followed by tail rotor dirve shaft failure. Shaft part number 6040, spline number 5430.

As the FAA filed it

BAD VIBRATION FOLLOWED BY TAIL ROTOR DIRVE SHAFT FAILURE. SHAFT PART NUMBER 6040, SPLINE NUMBER 5430.

Other reports on N9439F · 2

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19780628020079APower On Descent (Rotorcraft) · Tipp City, OHJun 28, 1978 · Substantial damage Accident 19770523012639ALow Level Operations · Post, TXMay 23, 1977 · Substantial damage