- Date
- May 25, 1978
- Place
- Vancouver, WA · VANCOUVER, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8850FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19780525015189A
- Case key
- 79873
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1184 78/5/25 VANCOUVER,WA HUGHES 269A CR- 1 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1510 N8850F PX- 0 0 0 CHECK AGE 37, 11622 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1092 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PEARSON AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VANCOUVER,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ORIGINAL BOOST PUMP HAD NO ID DECALS.REPLACED WITH PUMP THAT APPEARED SIMILAR,NO INTERNAL BYPASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8850F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pearson Airpark
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8850F · 1
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