- Date
- April 21, 1965
- Place
- Columbus, OH · COLUMBUS, OH
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8786FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 179330
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0858 65/4/21 COLUMBUS OHIO HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0745 N8786F PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL AGE 32, 302 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 205 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PORT COLUMBUS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-FATIGUE FAILURE OF FLYWHEEL WEIGHT ASSEMBY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED IN CONSTRUCTION AREA MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OUT OF BALANCE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8786F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Port Columbus
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