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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Hughes 269C · Sherwood, OR · September 17, 1983

Date: September 17, 1983
Place: Sherwood, OR
Airport: Starks Twinoaks
Phase of flight: Other Ground Ops
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N7452F
Reported as: Hughes 269C
Reported engine: Lycoming HIO360D1A
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N7452FRegistered now · Hughes 269CS/N 760522 Airframe modelHughes 269C

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What happened

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

Running engine for the purpose of balancing trail rotor. Left helicopter. Engine speeded up. Helicopter destroyed.

As the FAA filed it

RUNNING ENGINE FOR THE PURPOSE OF BALANCING TRAIL ROTOR. LEFT HELICOPTER. ENGINE SPEEDED UP. HELICOPTER DESTROYED.

Other reports on N7452F · 2

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

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