- Date
- July 7, 1975
- Place
- Wichita, KS · WICHITA, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8968FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report August 27, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750707028149A
- Case key
- 149876
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2099 75/7/7 WICHITA,KS HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 426 TIME - 1800 N8968F PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 107 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POLICE HELIPORT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING HARD LANDING LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG QUIT DRG PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8968F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Police Heliport
N8968FRegistration cancelled Jun 13, 2005 · Hughes 269CAirframe modelHughes 269CEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.
Other investigations on N8968F · 3
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NTSB CHI03LA098Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWichita, KSThe premature lowering of the collective and the improper use of the cyclic during the run-on landing performed by the flight instructor, as well as the main rotor/tail boom contact. Contributing factors were the intentional run-on landing, the grass landing…NTSB MKC75FCQ24Accident · Minor injuriesClosedGreenwich, KSNTSB MKC74DCQ26Accident · No injuriesClosedWichita, KS