- Date
- May 30, 1977
- Place
- Evart, MI · EVART, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9423FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report November 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770530014149A
- Case key
- 147377
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3150 77/5/30 EVART, MI HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N9423F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 46, 727 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 362 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EVART, MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - MISCELLANEOUS UNITS AND ASSEMBLIES: TAIL BOOMS/PYLONS/CONES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- TAIL BOOM CENTER ATTACH FITTING P/N 269A-2324-7 FAILED WHILE ACFT WAS HOVERING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9423F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9423F · 1
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