- Date
- October 19, 1972
- Place
- Chamblee, GA · CHAMBLEE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9670FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168632
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0854 72/10/19 CHAMBLEE,GA HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0757 N9670F PX- 0 0 1 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ADVISORY 25, 3245 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1278 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEKALB-PEACHTREE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHAMBLEE,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- NR4 CNCTNG ROD BOLT FAILED IN FATIGUE,FRACT ORIGNTD AREA OF SFC DMG.AVDG WIRES IN RESIDENTIAL AREA
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9670F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dekalb-Peachtree
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