- Date
- October 21, 1976
- Place
- Pickney, MI · PICKNEY, MI
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9213FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761021036599A
- Case key
- 156251
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3661 76/10/21 PICKNEY,MI HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 3300 TIME - 1100 N9213F PX- 0 0 3 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 1700 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANSING,MI PICKNEY,MI 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 - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WATER IN FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL CONTAMINATION-EXCLUSIVE OF WATER IN FUEL TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG DRIVEN FUEL PUMP CONTIMINATED WITH WATER,RUST AND PAINT FLAKES.ACFT PITCHED FWD ON ROUGH TRRN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9213F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9213F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX95LA298Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPacific Ocean (Pacific Ocean)the accidental discharge of a spear gun by the observer.NTSB MKC90LA024Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOklee, MNAn undetermined power plant failure. Factors related to the accident were: the snow covered terrain, snow, and gusty wind.