- Date
- October 10, 1979
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9186FHughes 500C
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791010035499A
- Case key
- 133160
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3418 79/10/10 NR.ALBUQUERQUE,NM HUGHES 500C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1830 N9186F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 33, 10500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALBUQUERQUE,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OBSTRUCTED POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HI-PRESS FILTER HVLY CONTAMINATED.FILTER BY-PASS VALVE SWITCH FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9186F
- Reported as
- Hughes 500C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9186F · 1
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