- Date
- February 18, 1977
- Place
- Caldwell, KS · CALDWELL, KS
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8751FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report August 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770218010859A
- Case key
- 157920
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1398 77/2/18 CALDWELL,KS HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 1125 TIME - 1755 N8751F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 668 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALDWELL,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: PULLUP FROM SWATH RUN NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN 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 EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PRACTICE SWATH RUNS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8751F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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 N8751F · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL83LA387Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMoultrie, GAThe acft landed hard during an autorotational forced landing after engine stoppage. This was an aerial application flt in VMC weather. Reportedly the engine quit at 100 ft AGL over trees while the plt was trying to land to reload. After the power loss a hard…NTSB FTW75FPG10Accident · No injuriesClosedW.Memphis, ARNTSB OAK69D0126Accident · No injuriesClosedPanoche, CANTSB LAX67A0052Accident · Minor injuriesClosedVan Nuys, CA