- Date
- November 8, 1977
- Place
- Gainesville, FL · GAINESVILLE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9482FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report December 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771108035169A
- Case key
- 144817
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3424 77/11/8 GAINESVILLE,FL HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1830 N9482F PX- 0 0 1 OTHER 34, 23220 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1810 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GAINESVILLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAINESVILLE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: FREE WHEEL UNIT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- SIGHTSEEING FOR HIRE.LOWER SHORT SHAFT FAILURE P/N268A 5504-3.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9482F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Gainesville
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9482F · 3
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