- Date
- August 19, 1965
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N8735FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report October 28, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177238
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0552 65/8/19 MIAMI FLA HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 350 TIME - 1720 N8735F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 160 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATSON IS.HELIPRT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: STABILIZING SURFACES-DAMPERS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- LOOSENESS OF STABILIZER LOWER ATTACH BOLT CAUSED UPPER ATTACH BOLT TO FATIGUE FAIL- STAB CAME OFF
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8735F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Watson Is.Heliprt
N8735FRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N8735F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.