- Date
- June 5, 1965
- Place
- Troy, MI · TROY, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8887FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report June 16, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178023
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0204 65/6/5 TROY MICH HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1445 N8887F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 1150 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 77 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JIM ROBBINS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8887F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jim Robbins
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