- Date
- July 28, 1966
- Place
- Joliet, IL · JOLIET, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8940FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0687 66/7/28 JOLIET ILL HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1810 N8940F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 36, 1794 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 59 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOLIET TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE REMARKS- AFTER N8940F SLID ABOUT 300 FT DOWN THE RUNWAY THE MAIN ROTOR SEVERED THE TAIL BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8940F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Joliet
N8940FRegistration cancelled Nov 16, 2012 · Hughes 269A-1Airframe modelHughes 269A-1Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N8940F · 1
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