Hughes 269A N8835F

Summary

On 30 June 1983 at about 16:45 local time, a Hughes 269A registered N8835F was involved in an accident near Gastonia, North Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 June 1983 at 16:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Gastonia, North Carolina, United States

Coordinates

35.2809, -80.9704

Aircraft

Hughes 269A

Registration

N8835F

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gastonia → Charlotte

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL83LA246

Nobody was injured.

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

WHILE EN ROUTE AT 500 FT AGL, THE ENG SUDDENLY LOST POWER & WENT TO IDLE RPM. DURING AN AUTOROTATION TO THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY, THE ACFT WAS MANEUVERED OVER A POWER LINE, THEN UNDER ANOTHER LINE. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE HELICOPTER SLID INTO SOME BUSHES & A SMALL TREE. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO SUITABLE PLACE TO LAND EXCEPT ALONG THE HIGHWAY. THE THREADS IN THE END OF THE THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE ASSEMBLY WERE STRIPPED. THIS ALLOWED THE ENG TO GO TO IDLE RPM. THE CABLE, PN 267A-4683-3, HAD ACCUMULATED 770 HRS SINCE INSTALLATION.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.