Hughes 269C N8995F

Summary

On 20 July 1983 at about 21:10 local time, a Hughes 269C registered N8995F was involved in an accident near Houston, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

20 July 1983 at 21:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Houston, Texas, United States

Coordinates

29.6505, -95.2803

Aircraft

Hughes 269C

Registration

N8995F

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Public Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83FA343

1 person died.

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 HELICOPTER CRASHED IN A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED DESCENT WHILE IN A SLIGHT NOSE-LOW AND LEFT BANK ATTITUDE. THE ACFT HAD BEEN CIRCLING AT AN ALT OF ABOUT 600 FT MSL AWAITING CLEARANCE TO LAND. THE PIC IN THE LEFT SEAT, WHO WAS NOT FLYING THE ACFT, SAID HE FELT NO YAW OR CHANGE IN SOUND BUT SUDDENLY THE GROUND WAS COMING UP AND HE THOUGHT HE OBSERVEDLOW ROTOR RPM. THE NEXT THING HE REMEMBERS IS BEING IN PAIN ON THE GROUND ON HIS BACK. NEITHER THE ENGINE NOR THE ROTORSWERE OPERATING AT IMPACT AS VERIFIED BY OBSERVATION OF THE WRECKAGE. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE ENG AND ALL OF ITS ACCESSORIES WERE CAPABLE OF NORMAL OPERATION PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.