- Date
- June 14, 1967
- Place
- Euclid, OH · EUCLID, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8868FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report August 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 116797
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0247 67/6/14 EUCLID,OHIO HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 600 TIME - 1445 N8868F PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 380 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CUYAHOGA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- PLT FLARED TOO LOW OVER LAKE,TAIL ROTOR WENT INTO WATER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8868F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cuyahoga
N8868FRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2019 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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