- Date
- April 10, 1971
- Place
- Griffith, IN · GRIFFITH, IN
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9330FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160222
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0337 71/4/10 GRIFFITH,IND HUGHES 269B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1340 N9330F PX- 0 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 38, 4331 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 227 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GRIFFITH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRIFFITH,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- POSSIBLE BLOCKED BLEED HOLE IN VENTURI ORIFICE OF THE AIR CHAMBER.CRASH LNDD IN WOODS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9330F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Griffith
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