- Date
- May 13, 1981
- Place
- Houston, TX · HOUSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7413FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810513072939A
- Case key
- 125255
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1987 81/5/13 HOUSTON,TX HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 4200 TIME - 2000 N7413F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1021 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: OTHER DITCHING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- OBSD AT LOW ALT,NOSED OVR IN CHANNEL.PLT STATED ENG LOST PWR AT NGT,SKID HIT WTR BFR FLARING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7413F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7413FRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Hughes 269CAirframe modelHughes 269CEngine modelAmateur-built UNKNOWN ENG
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7413F · 2
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