- Date
- September 18, 1978
- Place
- Lexington, KY · LEXINGTON, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8938FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780918030459A
- Case key
- 139825
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2884 78/9/18 LEXINGTON,KY HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1520 N8938F PX- 0 0 0 FERRY AGE 56, 6052 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2694 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEXINGTON,KY LOCAL 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 - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8938F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N8938F · 2
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