- Date
- June 24, 1968
- Place
- Louisville, KY · LOUISVILLE, KY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9465FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109926
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2095 68/6/24 LOUISVILLE,KY HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1535 N9465F PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL AGE 25, 1610 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 68 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWMAN FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS PWR PLT-LOOSE ROD CAP BOLTS ON NO 4 ROD FAILED. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRASHED IN CONGESTED AREA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9465F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bowman Field
N9465FRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2014 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N9465F · 1
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