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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 269B · Erie, CO · March 24, 1977

Date
March 24, 1977
Place
Erie, CO
Phase of flight
Sfl Autorotation
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9306F
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN77FTE28
Reported as
Hughes 269B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,976 total950 in this make and model180 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Practice autorotations with power recovery.d-a 7000 ft.

As the FAA filed it

PRACTICE AUTOROTATIONS WITH POWER RECOVERY.D-A 7000 FT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.