- Date
- May 10, 1969
- Place
- Ahmedabad, India · AHMEDABAD, India
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9027Hughes 500
- Status
- Completed · report September 1, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173354
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-0078 69/5/10 AHMEDABAD,INDIA HUGHES 500 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0942 N9027 PX- 0 0 2 CTR PASSG-I AGE 32, 3200 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 780 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AHMEDABAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOMBAY,INDIA AHMEDABAD,INDIA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- INVEST AND REPORTED BY GOVT OF INDIA. NO ENG MALFUNCTION FOUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9027
- Reported as
- Hughes 500
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ahmedabad