ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359598
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| Date: | Wednesday 2 November 1994 |
| Time: | 17:15 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269C |
| Owner/operator: | Henkle Drilling & Supply Inc |
| Registration: | N9294F |
| MSN: | 650421 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1435 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING HIO-360-D1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Garden City, KS -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
THE PILOT LEFT THE HELICOPTER UNATTENDED WITH THE ENGINE AT IDLE AND THE ROTOR SYSTEM DISENGAGED. WHILE UNATTENDED, THE ENGINE ACCELERATED, AND THE ROTOR SYSTEM DRIVE BELTS ENGAGED. THE UNPILOTED HELICOPTER MOVED ACROSS THE GROUND, STRUCK A POLE AND WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. POST-CRASH INSPECTION REVEALED THE COLLECTIVE IN THE FULL UP POSITION.
Probable Cause: inadvertant engagement of the rotor drive system, while the helicopter had been left unattended by the pilot.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI95LA029
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 November 2001 | N9294F | Private | 0 | Richmond, Texas | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 15-Mar-2024 12:38 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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