19860911044499A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Hughes 269C · Carlsbad, CA · September 11, 1986

Date
September 11, 1986 · 12:30 local
Place
Carlsbad, CA
Airport
Mcclellan-Palomar
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
FTRA
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N58323
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX86LA344
Reported as
Hughes 269C
Reported engine
Lycoming HIO360D1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,000 total2,500 in this make and model75 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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While in hover pilot attempted forward flight from a two foot hover. Struck brush. Pitch forward. Blades hit ground

As the FAA filed it

WHILE IN HOVER PILOT ATTEMPTED FORWARD FLIGHT FROM A TWO FOOT HOVER. STRUCK BRUSH. PITCH FORWARD. BLADES HIT GROUND

NTSB investigation

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Other reports on N58323 · 1

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