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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269A · Columbia, TN · September 10, 1978

Date
September 10, 1978
Place
Columbia, TN
Phase of flight
Pwr Off Vert Land/Autorotate
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8808F
NTSB investigation
NTSBIAD78FKW11
Reported as
Hughes 269A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,000 total58 in this make and model38 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.

Practicing autorotations with pwr rcvry. Touchdown unintentional. Mevered tailboom.

As the FAA filed it

PRACTICING AUTOROTATIONS WITH PWR RCVRY.TOUCHDOWN UNINTENTIONAL.MEVERED TAILBOOM.

NTSB investigation

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