- Date
- April 25, 1974
- Place
- Lahaina, HI · LAHAINA, HI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9318FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report June 12, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740425010519A
- Case key
- 124416
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1099 74/4/25 NR.LAHAINA,HAWAII HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1440 N9318F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION AGE 25, 1616 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 243 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - KAANAPALI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAHAINA,HAWAII LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: SWATH RUN COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1610 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - OTHER TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 200 ROLLING SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- CRANKSHAFT GEAR BOLT & LOCKPLATE MISSING.TOO LOW FOR SUCCESSFUL AUTOROTATION.SPRAYING SUGAR CANE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9318F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Kaanapali
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9318F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA89LA255Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportLexington, MSFatigue failure of the linear actuator lug. A related factor was: trees in the emergency landing area.NTSB MIA77FKG67Accident · No injuriesClosedMontezuma, GANTSB LAX68A0017Accident · Minor injuriesClosedVan Nuys, CA