- Date
- February 17, 1968
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8783FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112358
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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 68/2/17 SAN ANTONIO,TEX HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 15750 TIME - 1200 N8783F PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 82 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ANTI-ICING/DEICING EQUIPMENT-IMPROPER OPERATION OF/OR FAILED TO USE PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - CONDITIONS CONDUCIVE TO CARB./INDUCTION SYSTEM ICING COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 400 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS RAIN OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 45 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 70 11 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- TEMP 45 DEG-DEW-POINT 43 DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8783F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8783FRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N8783F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.