- Date
- February 4, 1986, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Council, NC
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9374FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860204002199A
- Case key
- 7061
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During a control burning operation, the plt experienced a complete eng failure. The plt entered an autorotation and collided with trees. The eng examination disclosed that the #4 connecting rod had failed. The failure was determined to have resulted from fatigue cracking near the crankshaft and insert connection.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9374F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 54-0086
- Airframe hours
- 3,903
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 137
- Operator
- Raymond Godwin,Jr., doing business as Godwin Helicopter Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 29, 1986 · 6 hours before
- Airport
- ILM
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
- 44
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,076 total · 821 in this make and model · 75 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N9374F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.