- Date
- September 23, 1969
- Place
- Rembert, SC · REMBERT, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8848FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 154299
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4739 69/9/23 REMBERT,SC HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 3037 TIME - 1720 N8848F PX- 0 0 1 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 904 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HELIPAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION REMBERT,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- M/R BLADE FLEXED INTO TAIL BOOM. FLT WAS TO SURVEY LDG SITES FOR NEXT DAYS OPS. NO LOAD ABD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8848F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Helipad
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