- Date
- November 1, 1974
- Place
- Topeka, KS · TOPEKA, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9648FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741101044279A
- Case key
- 146470
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4322 74/11/1 TOPEKA,KANS HUGHES 269C CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 2300 TIME - 1013 N9648F PX- 0 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 1807 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TOPEKA,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT TO PARKING LOT.HIGH FLARE,SETTLED WITH LOW RPM.REASON FOR LDG NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9648F
- 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.