- Date
- February 4, 1967
- Place
- Culver City, CA · CULVER CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9316FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0632 67/2/4 CULVER CITY,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N9316F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 45, 10823 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 2083 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUGHES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BINDING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- ATTACH FITTING OF CLUTCH ACTUATOR ELECTRO MECHANICAL UNIT FAILED.NO LUBRICATION ON PIN OR FITTING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9316F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hughes
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Other investigations on N9316F · 2
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