- Date
- November 4, 1985, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Batesville, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9283FHughes 269C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851104062239A
- Case key
- 21962
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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
The helicopter was substantially damaged during a forced landing following a loss of eng pwr. The plt was performing cattle ranching operations when the eng sputtered and quit while at a low alt. The plt was able to clear trees and high brush, however, a hard landing resulted and the main rotor blades severed the tail boom. A mechanic who inspected the wreckage reported finding water in the fuel tanks. An eng test run was performed and the eng operated normally.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9283F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 850422
- Airframe hours
- 2,838
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-D1A, 190 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 4, 1985 · 55 hours before
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,898 total · 1,304 in this make and model · 4,818 as pilot in command · 210 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.