- Date
- January 17, 1981
- Place
- Muray, KY · MURAY, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8656FHughes 300C
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810117003369A
- Case key
- 127124
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0009 81/1/17 MURAY,KY HUGHES 300C CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1000 N8656F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 32, 2820 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 160 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BRANDON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MURAY,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8656F
- Reported as
- Hughes 300C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Brandon
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8656F · 1
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