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ATL81DLA13

1981-08-15 · SALE CITY, Georgia, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
HUGHES 269A-1 · N8935F
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Balloon
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
DK
Operator type
Part 135 (air taxi/commuter)
Kind of flying
CA

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Temp
90° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000034-0007
Total time
4,262 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
2,185
Age
30

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

OR DRIVE SHAFT FAILED.

Investigator remarks

TAIL ROTOR TIP CAP SEPARATED FM BLADE & TAIL ROT

Cause factors

  • 78/C/AB C
    ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR BLADES Cause
  • 88/C/95 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause
  • 88/C/CV C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE Cause
  • 78/C/BG C
    ROTORCRAFT TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY Cause
  • 88/C/94 C
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause
  • 88/L/49 L
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS SEPARATION IN FLIGHT

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 2064. Source file NTSB_1981_3_2064.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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