ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 376036
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Date: | Monday 21 October 1985 |
Time: | 16:00 LT |
Type: | Hughes 269A |
Owner/operator: | Aircraft & Helicopter Leasing |
Registration: | N9017E |
MSN: | 26-0460 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2555 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING HIO-B60-B1A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Marco Island, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Executive |
Departure airport: | Punta Gorda, FL (PGD |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE ON A PHOTOGRAPHIC FLT THE ENG LOST PWR & HE AUTOROTATED THE ACFT INTO THE WATER. AFTER THE ACFT WAS RECOVERED & RETURNED TO IT'S HOME BASE, THE FUEL SYSTEM WAS DRAINED & PURGED OF ALL FLUIDS, THE MAGNETOS WERE CLEANED, REINSTALLED & NEW FUEL WAS ADDED. THE ENG WAS STARTED & IT RAN NORMALLY, THEREFORE DUE TO THE ACFT'S BEING SUBMERGED IN THE OCEAN WATERS, NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE MALFUNCTION OF THE ENG AS DESCRIBED BY THE PLT.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA86LA016 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB MIA86LA016
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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