Hughes 269A1 N8803F

6 July 1973 · Ft.collins, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 6 July 1973 at about 06:10 local time, a Hughes 269A1 registered N8803F, operated by AG Helicopters, was involved in an accident during in flight near Ft.collins, Colorado, 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: 6 July 1973 at 06:10
Classification: Accident
Location: Ft.collins, Colorado, United States
Nearest airport: Valley Airpark
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hughes 269A1
Registration: N8803F
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: AG Helicopters
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Aerial Application
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2542

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

ATMTD STEEP TURN AT NR GROSS WT.DA 7000FT.OUTBD 25PCT M/R BLADES COATED W CHEM AND DIRT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2542, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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