- Date
- May 25, 1979
- Place
- Kansas City, MO · KANSAS CITY, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8864FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report July 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790525014229A
- Case key
- 136008
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0855 79/5/25 KANSAS CITY,MO HUGHES 269A CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1130 N8864F PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION 57, 10486 TOTAL HOURS, 48 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - K.C.DOWNTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKID ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUND RESONANCE REMARKS- TWO FORWARD STRUTS CONTAINED LESS THAN 50PSI AIR PRESSURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8864F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- K.C.Downtown
N8864FRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 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 N8864F · 2
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