Hughes 269C N9693F
16 May 1973 · Richmond, Virginia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 16 May 1973 at about 10:00 local time, a Hughes 269C registered N9693F, operated by City of Richmo, was involved in an accident during in flight near Richmond, Virginia, 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
- at 10:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Richmond, Virginia, United States
- Nearest airport
- Downtown Heliport
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Hughes 269C
- Registration
- N9693F
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- City of Richmo
- Operating rule
- Municipal-Public Aircraft
- Purpose of flight
- Practice
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Richmond, Va → S
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-3264
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
DRG FLARE DETECTED BINDING IN COLLECTIVE CTL.MARK FOUND ON PLTS GUN HOLSTER NOT THERE BFR ACDT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jul 1973 | Hughes 269A | Alpine, Texas, United States | Plains Helicop | Minor injuries | - |
| 8 May 1973 | Hughes 269A | Memphis, Tennessee, United States | Dixie Flight C | No injuries | - |
| 9 Sep 1973 | Hughes 269A | Ft Collins, Colorado, United States | Valley Airpark | No injuries | - |
| 16 Oct 1973 | Hughes 269B | Springfield, Ohio, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 23 Aug 1973 | Hughes 269B | Hart, Texas, United States | Plains Helicop | Fatal | - |
| 4 Sep 1973 | Hughes 269B | Puyallup, Washington, United States | Puget SD Helic | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Jan 1973 | Cessna 150J | No.olmstead, Ohio, United States | Ortner Air SER | No injuries | - |
| 26 Mar 1973 | Cessna 180 | Chickasha, Oklahoma, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 8 Mar 1973 | Cessna 210H | Flagler Beach, Florida, United States | Asphalt Produc | Fatal | 1 |
| 14 Apr 1973 | Cessna 172 | Bristol, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 May 1973 | Cessna 150F | Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Mar 1973 | Lake LA-4 | Key West, Florida, United States | US Dept of INT | No injuries | - |