- Date
- May 28, 1975
- Place
- Westfield, MA · WESTFIELD, MA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N103KCHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750528015809A
- Case key
- 148998
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1190 75/5/28 WESTFIELD,MA HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1032 N103KC PX- 0 0 0 CHECK AGE 28, 1435 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 55 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BARNES MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WESTFIELD,MA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUND RESONANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS REMARKS- PWR-OFF AUTOROTATION LNDG,SKIPPED 16 FEET FORWARD AFTER INITIAL TOUCHDOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N103KC
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Barnes Municipal
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.