- Date
- August 17, 1969
- Place
- Lakewood, CA · LAKEWOOD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9525FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report December 12, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164716
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2563 69/8/17 LAKEWOOD,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 1755 TIME - 1157 N9525F PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 720 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF LOCAL FLT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: MAIN ROTOR PULLEYS,BELTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- FATIGUE FAILURE OF ELECTRO MECH ACTUATOR CREATING DISCONNECT OF POWER DRIVE PULLY BELTS TO ENGINE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9525F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Long Beach Intl
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