ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 373410
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 March 1987 |
| Time: | 15:15 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269B |
| Owner/operator: | Sportflight Helicopter, Inc. |
| Registration: | N9522F |
| MSN: | 58-0364 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 7000 hours |
| Engine model: | LYCOMING HIO-360-AIA |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | South Bend, IN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aurora, IL (KARR) |
| Elkhart, IN (KEKM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
ACCORDING TO THE PLT, AFTER DEPARTURE FROM AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, HE LANDED AT AN AIRFIELD WEST OF ELGIN, ILLINOIS AND PICKED UP THE TWO PASSENGERS. THE PLT STATED THAT HE THEN DEPARTED FOR ELKHART, INDIANA. ACCORDING TO AN INDIANA STATE POLICE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT, WHILE EN ROUTE TO ELKHART, THE PLT OBSERVED AN ILLUMINATED LOW FUEL LIGHT AND DECIDED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD, ABOUT THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF MICHIANA REGIONAL AIRPORT, SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. THE REPORT FURTHER STATES THAT THE GAS TANK OF THE ACFT WAS FOUND EMPTY. ACCORDING TO THE PLT, 'SUBSTANTIAL ACFT DAMAGE OCCURRED DURING FLARE AND SUBSEQUENT HARD LANDING.'
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI87LA098
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 2 August 1988 | N9522F | Sportflight Helicopter | 2 | Braceville, IL | |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 27-Mar-2024 12:46 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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