- Date
- August 20, 1988, 19:35 local (Aug 21, 1988, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Hampton, IL
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9499FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880820034159A
- Case key
- 13966
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf
Engine assembly,crankshaft - fatigueFactor
Engine assembly,crankshaft - fracturedFactor
Forced landing
Loss of control - in flight
Autorotation - improperCause
Adequate rotor rpm - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experience in type operationCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9499F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 870327
- Airframe hours
- 1,311
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Midwest Aviation Corp.
- Registered owner
- Midwest Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · August 8, 1988 · 10 hours before
N9499FRegistration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 341 total · 50 in this make and model · 194 as pilot in command · 38 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MLI, 9 nm away
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 N9499F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.