19790512008729A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Hughes 269B · Gooding, ID · May 12, 1979

Date
May 12, 1979 · 11:00 local
Place
Gooding, ID
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N9497F
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA79DYA12
Reported as
Hughes 269B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,038 total509 in this make and model77 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

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

Pilot was making helicopter pedal turns at end of swath runs. Failed to maintain safe flying speed.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS MAKING HELICOPTER PEDAL TURNS AT END OF SWATH RUNS. FAILED TO MAINTAIN SAFE FLYING SPEED.

NTSB investigation

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