- Date
- May 18, 1968
- Place
- West Dundee, IL · WEST DUNDEE, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8940FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report July 11, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110132
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1488 68/5/18 WEST DUNDEE,ILL HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0503 N8940F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 45, 7500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 750 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELGIN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 600 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 840 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- SPRAYING EVERGREENS.NO PRE-FLT SURVEILLANCE OF AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8940F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Elgin
N8940FRegistration cancelled Nov 16, 2012 · Hughes 269A-1Airframe modelHughes 269A-1Engine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N8940F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.