Hughes 269A N8735F

19 August 1965 · Miami Fla, Florida, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 19 August 1965 at about 17:20 local time, a Hughes 269A registered N8735F, operated by Sunline Helico, was involved in an accident during in flight near Miami Fla, Florida, 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.

The record

Date: 19 August 1965 at 17:20
Classification: Accident
Location: Miami Fla, Florida, United States
Nearest airport: Watson Is.heliprt
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hughes 269A
Registration: N8735F
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Sunline Helico
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Practice
Phase of flight: In Flight
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 2-0552

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

LOOSENESS OF STABILIZER LOWER ATTACH BOLT CAUSEDUPPER ATTACH BOLT TO FATIGUE FAIL- STAB CAME OFF

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 2-0552, 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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