- Date
- October 31, 1969
- Place
- Roy, NM · ROY, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8855FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154952
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3753 69/10/31 NR.ROY,N MEX HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 2034 TIME - 1110 N8855F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 865 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEQUESITE RANCH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: HOVERING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LOWER COUPLING SHAFT,PN 80269A 5504-5,SEPARATED. ROUNDING UP CATTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8855F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8855FRegistration cancelled Apr 4, 2018 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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