- Date
- May 9, 1970
- Place
- West Chicago, IL · WEST CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8790FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report February 19, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 128123
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1973 70/5/9 WEST CHICAGO,ILL HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1425 N8790F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 39, 5394 TOTAL HOURS, 525 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUPAGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST CHICAGO,ILL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 7500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND HAZE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 65 220 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ENG CHECKED OK.TEMP DEW PT SPREAD 3DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8790F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dupage County
N8790FRegistration cancelled Jul 12, 2017 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N8790F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.