- Date
- September 21, 1967
- Place
- Sibley, MO · SIBLEY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8820FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report May 20, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114589
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1112 67/9/21 SIBLEY,MO HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 2400 TIME - 1455 N8820F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 247 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION FIRE OR EXPLOSION: ON GROUND STATIC: STARTING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER STARTING PROCEDURES REMARKS- FAILED TO SHUT OFF FUEL BOOST PUMP AFTER FIRE STARTED DUE TO BACK-FIRE THROUGH CARB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8820F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8820FRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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