- Date
- July 12, 1976
- Place
- Fair Play, SC · FAIR PLAY, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8718FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760712018609A
- Case key
- 154424
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1683 76/7/12 FAIR PLAY,SC HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 4800 TIME - 1215 N8718F PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY TOTAL HOURS, 3350 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIR PLAY,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-HOSE IGNITED DRG ROTOR ENGAGEMENT. INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: SPRAY,DUSTING EQUIPMENT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 3350 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - MOSQUITO CONTROL TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES REMARKS- FLAMMABLE SPRAY FM RUPTURE IN ACFT SPRAY EQUIP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8718F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Heliport
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8718F · 2
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