- Date
- July 13, 1973
- Place
- Wagener, SC · WAGENER, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9380FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730713019419A
- Case key
- 201644
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2029 73/7/13 NR.WAGENER,SC HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 1300 TIME - 1800 N9380F PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WAGENER,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EN ROUTE TO TREAT CROP ROLL OVER LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1300 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - COTTON TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -NOT FASTENED GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 350 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED REMARKS- LOST PWR,MADE SLIDE ON LDG.OAT 90DEG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9380F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9380FRegistration cancelled May 15, 2017 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9380F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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