- Date
- May 3, 1981
- Place
- Canonsburg, KY · CANONSBURG, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8875FHughes 269A-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810503021459A
- Case key
- 126212
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0709 81/5/3 CANONSBURG,KY HUGHES 269A-1 CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 2550 TIME - 1700 N8875F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 31 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ASHLAND,KY GRAYSON,KY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE REMARKS- PRACTICING QUICKSTOPS AT LOW ALT OVER STANDING WATER.COML-FIXED WING PLT IN HELICOPTER TRAINING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8875F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
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