- Date
- July 14, 1967
- Place
- Rialto, CA · RIALTO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9445FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report August 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115799
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0275 67/7/14 RIALTO,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1345 N9445F PX- 0 0 2 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 49, 4688 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIALTO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: VERTICAL ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - IGNITION SYSTEM: SPARK PLUG PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- SPARK PLUGS SEVERELY LEADED. NO RECORD OF SPARK PLUG CHANGE OR MAINTENANCE SINCE ACFT NEW.TT-398HR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9445F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rialto
N9445FRegistration cancelled May 5, 2006 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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