- Date
- November 13, 1984, 16:23 local (23:23 UTC)
- Place
- Clint, TX
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9336FHughes 269B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841113061549A
- Case key
- 21508
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
N9336F, crashed while on a training flt. The certified flt instructor & his student were killed. Investigation revealed that the main drive shaft thrust bearing had failed. A service bulletin dated 1968 mandated replacement of the bearing at 300 hr time in service interval.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9336F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 24-0030
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harold D. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 8,216 total · 4 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ELP, 20 nm away
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 N9336F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.