- Date
- July 17, 1978
- Place
- Springhill, KS · SPRINGHILL, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8864FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report September 13, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780717020379A
- Case key
- 140597
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1975 78/7/17 SPRINGHILL,KS HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0800 N8864F PX- 0 0 0 POWER/PIPELINE 38, 6600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2020 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO PAYOLA,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8864F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8864FRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8864F · 2
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