- Date
- July 26, 1965
- Place
- Lynch, KY · LYNCH, KY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8938FHughes 269A-1
- Status
- Completed · report November 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177247
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0573 65/7/26 NR.LYNCH KY HUGHES 269A-1 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1050 N8938F PX- 0 0 1 POWER/PIPELINE AGE 30, 2542 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1496 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 5000 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 4 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 79 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 270 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8938F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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