- Date
- September 27, 1980
- Place
- Iowa City, IA · IOWA CITY, IA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7484FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800927048659A
- Case key
- 128924
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2482 80/9/27 IOWA CITY,IA HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 3976 TIME - 1320 N7484F PX- 0 0 2 AERIAL ADVERTISING TOTAL HOURS, 204 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - IOWA CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION IOWA CITY,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: ENGINE DRIVE SHAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - EXCESSIVE-WEAR/PLAY FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ENGINE TO PULLEY DRIVE-SHAFT ASSEMBLY WAS IMPROPERLY ASSEMBLED.SHAFT SPLINES LACKED LUBRICATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7484F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Iowa City Muni
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Other investigations on N7484F · 1
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