# NTSB UNK69X0120: Hughes 500, N9027, Ahmedabad, India, May 10, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: May 10, 1969
- Place: Ahmedabad, India · AHMEDABAD, India
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 1, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173354
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK69X0120
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK69X0120

## NTSB brief

```
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 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 500
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: turbo shaft
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Ahmedabad

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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