- Date
- June 23, 1964
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8793FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 183508
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0215 64/6/23 BAKERSFIELD CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 43, 4095 TIME - 1700 N8793F PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 223 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PILOT FATIGUE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF POWERPLANT - ENGINE ACCESSORIES: GENERATORS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- A/C ON ENDURANCE FLIGHT-GEN FAILURE RESULTED IN INACCURATE FUEL QUANITY INDICATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8793F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage