# NTSB CHI73FEK08: Hughes 269C, N9604F, Grove City, OH, October 3, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 3, 1972
- Place: Grove City, OH · GROVE CITY, OH
- Location: 39.8663° N, 83.0670° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grove City, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8663&lon=-83.0670&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Standing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/150) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 19, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 169182
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI73FEK08
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEK08

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4090   72/10/3   GROVE CITY,OHIO     HUGHES 269C         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 531
        TIME - 1845                    N9604F              PX-  0  0  1  POLICE PATROL             TOTAL HOURS, 386 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          GROVE CITY,OHIO             LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND                             STATIC: PARKED-ENGINES NOT OPERATING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT
                                  AIRFRAME BUFFET
        REMARKS- INTERGRANULAR CORROSION FRACTURE OF NR 3 FUEL INJECTION LINE.ACFT CAUGHT FIRE AFTR ENG SHUTDOWN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N9604F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9604F-1973-06-28), registration cancelled 1973-06-28, S/N 220131 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269C
- Registry model: [Hughes 269C](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269c) (registry code 4470504) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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