Hughes 269B N9339F
23 September 1984 · Saluda, South Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 23 September 1984 at about 20:30 local time, a Hughes 269B registered N9339F was involved in an accident near Saluda, South Carolina, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 20:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Saluda, South Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Etheredge Air-Strip
- Coordinates
- 33.9998, -81.7692
- Aircraft
- Hughes 269B
- Registration
- N9339F
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Instructional
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Saluda → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL84LA294
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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
THE ACFT CRASHED DURING AN ATTEMPTED PRACTICE AUTOROTATION AFTER POWER WAS APPLIED TO EFFECT A RECOVERY. THE CFI, ON THEFLT, STATED THAT HE NOTICED THAT THE STUDENT WAS GOING TO OVERSHOOT AND INSTRUCTED HIM TO MAKE A POWER RECOVERY AT 100 FT AGL. HE SAID THAT THE ACFT SHUDDERED AND ENTERED A HIGH SINK RATE. BY THE TIME THE CFI TOOK THE CONTROLS, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE ROTOR RPM WAS BELOW THE PROPER RANGE AND DECAYING. THE ENGINE RPM WAS NOTED TO BE NEAR ZERO. THE CFI REPORTED THAT HE THEN 'BOTTOMED' THE COLLECTIVE AND OPENED THE THROTTLE BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. IN SPITE OF THE CFI'S EFFORTS TO RECOVER, THE ACFT HIT THE GROUND TAIL LOW AND YAWED LEFT. AFTER SLIDING APRX 20 FT, THE ACFT ROLLED OVER. FAA CHECKED THE ENGINE AFTER THE ROLL OVER AND FOUND IT STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY WITH PROPER MAGNETO OPERATION ANDA SMOOTH IDLE AT 1300-1350 RPM. MANUALLY REDUCED TO 500-600 RPM THE LOW SIDE CUSHION RETURNED THE ENGINE TO NORMAL IDLE AT THROTTLE RELEASE. NO EVIDENCE OF AN ENGINE MALFUCTION WAS FOUND.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Hughes 269 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Jan 1984 | Hughes 269C | Almo, Idaho, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Feb 1984 | Hughes 269B | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Poss Enterprises | Minor injuries | - |
| 29 Oct 1984 | Hughes 269A | Terrell, Texas, United States | Hurley Copters Inc | Minor injuries | - |
| 28 Jun 1984 | Hughes 269B | Palos Verde Est, California, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 17 Apr 1984 | Hughes 269 | Mesa, Arizona, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 13 Jun 1984 | Hughes 269C | Kerrville, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
All 1,213 records for this type
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jun 1984 | Schweizer SGS 1-26A | Manning, South Carolina, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 Jun 1984 | Sikorsky CH-19E | Iva, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 22 Jun 1984 | Piper PA-28-140 | Summerville, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 30 Jun 1984 | Cessna 172N | Summerville, South Carolina, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 19 Jul 1984 | Beechcraft 58 E | Sumter, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 19 Jul 1984 | Beechcraft 95-B55 | No.myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States | Grand Strand Aviation | No injuries | - |