- Date
- February 11, 1965
- Place
- Rochester, NY · ROCHESTER, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8815FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180532
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0249 65/2/11 ROCHESTER NY HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2935 TIME - 1545 N8815F PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE TOTAL HOURS, 435 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONROE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: MAIN ROTOR IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: CLUTCH ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- FAA AD 65-12-2 ISSUED AS RESULT OF ACCIDENT REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF IDLER PULLEY BEARINGS AT 200 H
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8815F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Monroe County
N8815FRegistration cancelled Feb 23, 1971 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.