- Date
- February 16, 1971
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9554FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 133031
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0617 71/2/16 WICHITA,KANS HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 1039 TIME - 1245 N9554F PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 239 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WICHITA POLICE HE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KANS WICHITA,KANS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- PLT RPRTD PWR INTRUPTION.ENG INSPCTN MADE,NO CAUSE FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9554F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wichita Police He
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