- Date
- July 24, 1969
- Place
- Moreland Hil, OH · MORELAND HIL, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8884FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167013
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3283 69/7/24 MORELAND HIL,OHIO HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 606 TIME - 1445 N8884F PX- 1 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GEAUGA LAKE,OHIO CLEVELAND,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PWR PLT-ENG OVERSPEED,CAUSE UNDETERMINED. TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- PLT REPORTED SUDDEN ENG OVERSPEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8884F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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