- Date
- August 28, 1970
- Place
- Williams, AZ · WILLIAMS, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9554FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report December 6, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107931
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4585 70/8/28 WILLIAMS,ARIZ HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1440 N9554F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 52, 537 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 167 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WILLIAMS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WILLIAMS,ARIZ WICHITA,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: RUNNING COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- UN AVOID WIRE FENCE AFT PWR LOSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9554F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Williams
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Other investigations on N9554F · 1
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