Hughes 269A N8737F
20 June 1970 · St Johns, Oregon, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 20 June 1970 at about 14:20 local time, a Hughes 269A registered N8737F, operated by Columbia-Const, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near St Johns, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 14:20
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- St Johns, Oregon, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Hughes 269A
- Registration
- N8737F
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Columbia-Const
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Solo
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- S → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1023
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
EROSION STRIP LOOSE ON T/R BLADE CAUSED UNBALANCED T/R BLADES AND VIBRATION.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Feb 1970 | Hughes 269B | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Board of Polic | Minor injuries | - |
| 5 Feb 1970 | Hughes 269B | Kansas City, Missouri, United States | Board of Polic | Minor injuries | - |
| 16 Jun 1970 | Hughes 269A | Vesta, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Apr 1970 | Hughes 269A | Phoenix, Arizona, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Mar 1970 | Hughes 269B | Albion, Washington, United States | MAX Hinrich SE | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1970 | Hughes 269A | Kansas City, Kansas, United States | Comet Aviation | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Jan 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Norwood, Massachusetts, United States | E W Wiggins AI | No injuries | - |
| 10 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Albany, New York, United States | McIntyre Aviat | No injuries | - |
| 12 Apr 1970 | N American SNJ-4 | Dothan, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1970 | Cessna 182 | Ridgely, Maryland, United States | Charles B Todd | No injuries | - |
| 24 Jul 1970 | Piper PA-28 | Torrance, California, United States | Sperry Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 12 Dec 1970 | Aeronca 11AC | Butler, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |