- Date
- February 22, 1973
- Place
- Hanna, WY · HANNA, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8859FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report April 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730222003369A
- Case key
- 170090
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0230 73/2/22 HANNA,WYO HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N8859F PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS AGE 22, 1081 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 113 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAWLINS,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ALT TOO LOW FOR RECOVERY.HUNTING COYOTES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8859F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8859FRegistration cancelled Feb 4, 2017 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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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 N8859F · 5
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