- Date
- June 6, 1970
- Place
- Kettering, OH · KETTERING, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 3 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9032FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report March 23, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124128
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2414 70/6/6 KETTERING,OHIO HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2045 N9032F PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 55, 19775 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 320 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOUTH DAYTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DAYTON HELIPORT,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- DURG TKOF FROM A LIGHTED PARKING LOT PLT HOVERED APRXLY 30 FT AGL TO CLEAR OBSTACLES.T/R HIT WIRES
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9032F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- South Dayton
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.