- Date
- September 18, 1980
- Place
- Miami, FL · MIAMI, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10PYHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report January 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800918057759A
- Case key
- 127892
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3278 80/9/18 NR.MIAMI,FL HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3080 TIME - 1320 N10PY PX- 0 0 1 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 284 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.LAUDERDALE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - *ERROR-INVALID CODE* POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: ELECTRIC PUMPS REMARKS- ACFT LEASED TO RADIO STATION TO MEASURE FLD INTENSITIES ARND TRANSMITTER.FIRE EXT FAILED TO WORK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10PY
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.