- Date
- November 9, 1973
- Place
- Howell, MI · HOWELL, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8798FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731109036149A
- Case key
- 188161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3327 73/11/9 HOWELL,MICH HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 479 TIME - 1700 N8798F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 278 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIVINGSTON CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP PEARL BEACH,MICH HOWELL,MICH HARSENS ISLAND,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISCALCULATED FUEL CONSUMPTION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PILOT TOUCHED DOWN ON A WESTERLY HEADING.WIND 15K 220 DEG.EST 10.2 GPH MFG NML CRUISE 11-13 GPH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8798F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Livingston Co
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Other investigations on N8798F · 1
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