- Date
- September 27, 1983, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Moultrie, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8751FHughes 269A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830927052989A
- Case key
- 6219
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft landed hard during an autorotational forced landing after engine stoppage. This was an aerial application flt in VMC weather. Reportedly the engine quit at 100 ft AGL over trees while the plt was trying to land to reload. After the power loss a hard landing was made. The pilot said he had added 10 gallons of fuel to the acft just 30 minutes priorto the engine stoppage. The acft loader said there was no fuel on the acft after the accident. The plt when questioned later said he thought the engine failed from fuel exhaustion.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8751F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 52-0073
- Airframe hours
- 30
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Tim Brock
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1983 · 90 hours before
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 28
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,160 total · 190 in this make and model · 1,160 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N8751F · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.