Hughes 269B N9440F

8 September 1974 · Ft.collins, Colorado, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 8 September 1974 at about 10:15 local time, a Hughes 269B registered N9440F, operated by Valley Air PAR, was involved in an accident during in flight near Ft.collins, Colorado, 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: 8 September 1974 at 10:15
Classification: Accident
Location: Ft.collins, Colorado, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Hughes 269B
Registration: N9440F
Category: Helicopter
Engines: 1
Operator: Valley Air PAR
Operating rule: Fixed Base Operator
Purpose of flight: Dual
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2829

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

PLT STATED ENG FAILED.NO MALFUNCTION FND.DA 7400FT.

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 3-2829, 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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23 May 1974	Hughes 269C N9621F	Key West, Florida, United States no coordinates	Jacksonville H	Fatal	2
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7 Jul 1974	Hughes 269A N8934F	Shelby, North Carolina, United States no coordinates	Cleveland Aeri	Minor injuries	-
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25 Apr 1974	Hughes 269B N9318F	Lahaina, Hawaii, United States no coordinates	Murrayair Ltd.	No injuries	-

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