- Date
- April 7, 1984, 15:05 local (20:05 UTC)
- Place
- Danbury, CT
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8817FHughes 269A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840407009109A
- Case key
- 35533
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While in flt, the helicopter yawed & the eng RPM increased. The plt retarded the throttle to idle, lowered the collective & initiate an autorotation. While attempting to reach a suitable landing area, the plt kept his speed up to avoid buildings. However, during the landing, the helicopter hit a fence & rolled over. An exam revealed the short shaft, pn 269A-5559, had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8817F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Serial number
- 230166
- Engine
- Lycoming HIO-360-B1B, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert M. Condors
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 28, 1983 · 58 hours before
- Departed
- Norwalk, CT
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 1,737 total · 38 in this make and model · 1,498 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.