- Date
- November 1, 1981
- Place
- Elizabethton, TN · ELIZABETHTON, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8833FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811101070849A
- Case key
- 123082
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3170 81/11/1 ELIZABETHTON,TN HUGHES 269A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 39, 175 TIME - 1555 N8833F PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JOHNSON CITY,TN ELIZABETHTON,TN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AFT ENG LOST PWR,CLRD PWR LNS & DSNDD W HI VER VELOCITY.PLT NOT ENDORSED FOR SOLO OR X-COUNTRY FLT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8833F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8833FRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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