- Date
- April 3, 1964
- Place
- Bird Point, AK · BIRD POINT, AK
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8743FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185083
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1009 64/4/3 BIRD POINT ALAS HUGHES 269A CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1300 N8743F PX- 0 1 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 39, 6250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 256 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8743F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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