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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269B · Northway, AK · July 16, 1985

Date
July 16, 1985 · 18:15 local
Place
Northway, AK
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Run Land (Autorotation
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9434F
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC85LA129
Reported as
Hughes 269B
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360A1A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,650 total665 in this make and model221 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.

Engine quit on takeoff, nosed over on downhill landing. Air side of fuel controller diaphram fouled by sand, metal.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT ON TAKEOFF, NOSED OVER ON DOWNHILL LANDING. AIR SIDE OF FUEL CONTROLLER DIAPHRAM FOULED BY SAND, METAL.

NTSB investigation

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