- Date
- August 3, 1980
- Place
- Edgerton, WY · EDGERTON, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7412FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800803032859A
- Case key
- 129593
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1978 80/8/3 NR.EDGERTON,WY HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 549 TIME - 0730 N7412F PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 201 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDGERTON,WY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: MAIN ROTOR PULLEYS,BELTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - OTHER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- IDLER PULLEY BTN TRANS & ENG DRIVE SHAFT,P/N S447,FAILED.ROLLING HILLY AREA W 10DEG SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7412F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N7412F · 1
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