- Date
- November 23, 1968
- Place
- Tremonton, UT · TREMONTON, UT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9365FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107380
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4249 68/11/23 TREMONTON,UT HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 19, 184 TIME - 1420 N9365F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 139 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: MAIN ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE 68-20-3 NOT COMPLIED WITH DUE TO IMPROPER P/N ON DRIVE SHAFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9365F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage