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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 269B · Medina, OH · August 28, 1982

Date
August 28, 1982 · 12:20 local
Place
Medina, OH
Airport
Freedom
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9307F
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI82DA327
Reported as
Hughes 269B
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360A1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total49 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

In flight separation of tail rotor driveshaft caused uncontrollable spiral and crash.

As the FAA filed it

IN FLIGHT SEPARATION OF TAIL ROTOR DRIVESHAFT CAUSED UNCONTROLLABLE SPIRAL AND CRASH.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.