ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 381570
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| Date: | Thursday 30 June 1983 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: |  Hughes 269A |
| Owner/operator: | North Carolina Helicopters Inc |
| Registration: | N8835F |
| MSN: | 0198 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1963 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1376 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming HIO-360-B1A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gastonia, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Gastonia, NC (0A6) |
| Charlotte, NC | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
WHILE EN ROUTE AT 500 FT AGL, THE ENG SUDDENLY LOST POWER & WENT TO IDLE RPM. DURING AN AUTOROTATION TO THE SIDE OF A HIGHWAY, THE ACFT WAS MANEUVERED OVER A POWER LINE, THEN UNDER ANOTHER LINE. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE HELICOPTER SLID INTO SOME BUSHES & A SMALL TREE. THE PLT REPORTED THAT THERE WAS NO SUITABLE PLACE TO LAND EXCEPT ALONG THE HIGHWAY. THE THREADS IN THE END OF THE THROTTLE CONTROL CABLE ASSEMBLY WERE STRIPPED. THIS ALLOWED THE ENG TO GO TO IDLE RPM. THE CABLE, PN 267A-4683-3, HAD ACCUMULATED 770 HRS SINCE INSTALLATION.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ATL83LA246
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Apr-2024 04:50 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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