- Date
- October 21, 1970
- Place
- Wood River, IL · WOOD RIVER, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9041FHughes 369
- Status
- Completed · report January 26, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168875
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1805 70/10/21 NR.WOOD RIVER,ILL HUGHES 369 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2125 TIME - 1026 N9041F PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 650 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,ILL SPRINGFIELD,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - TURBINE ASSEMBLY: BEARING,SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKID ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR 5 TURBINE SHAFT BEARING FAILED.P/N UNK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9041F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9041FRegistration cancelled May 23, 2017 · Hughes 369HSAirframe modelHughes 369HSEngine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
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