- Date
- September 19, 1968
- Place
- Camp Denison, OH · CAMP DENISON, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8930FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107790
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3448 68/9/19 CAMP DENISON,OHIO HUGHES 269A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1807 N8930F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 42, 11000 TOTAL HOURS, 44 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: BEARINGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- M/R THRST BEARNG,PN269A5050-51,DISINTGRATED,RUST ON OUTER RACE.M/R MAST BROKE ABOVE FLANGE ATCH PT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8930F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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