- Date
- May 12, 1980
- Place
- Rochester, NY · ROCHESTER, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N8748FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800512021289A
- Case key
- 130722
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0862 80/5/12 ROCHESTER,NY HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0705 N8748F PX- 0 0 1 HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ADVISORY AGE 28, 6454 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCHESTER,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: CRANKCASE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OIL EXHAUSTION-ENGINE LUBRICATION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - SMOKE IN COCKPIT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OIL LOSS THRU PROP CRANKCASE SEAL.AVOIDING PEOPLE,TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8748F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Rochester-Monroe
N8748FRegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HIO-360 series
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Other investigations on N8748F · 1
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