- Date
- July 4, 1968
- Place
- Paramount, CA · PARAMOUNT, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9456FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109938
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2106 68/7/4 PARAMOUNT,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1255 N9456F PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL AGE 35, 2005 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1765 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COMPTON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - LUBRICATING SYSTEM: MAGNETIC PLUGS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- CRASHED ON 45 DEG RIVER BANK.PIPER PLUG CAME OUT DUE TO LACK OF SAFETY WIRE/NOT TIGHTENED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9456F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Compton
N9456FRegistration cancelled May 23, 2013 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming HIO-360 series
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Other investigations on N9456F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.