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FAA incident report · Hughes 269B · Long Beach, CA · January 13, 1978

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Date
January 13, 1978 · 18:08 local
Place
Long Beach, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N9503F
Reported as
Hughes 269B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
11,000 total700 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N9503FRegistration cancelled Jun 8, 2018 · Hughes 269BS/N 1060271Airframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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Rotor blade flexed down and struck person due to another helicopter landing in area.

As the FAA filed it

ROTOR BLADE FLEXED DOWN AND STRUCK PERSON DUE TO ANOTHER HELICOPTER LANDING IN AREA.

Other reports on N9503F · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 20000927015129ALaurel, MT(-23) Instructor states student, on second solo pickup, picked up the heli to 3-foot stabilizer hover. Unintentionally raised the collective, thus climbing to 10 feet, decreased rotor RPM, and losing directional control. He continued the climb while spinning…Sep 27, 2000 · No damage