- Date
- November 11, 1970
- Place
- No.Muskegon, MI · NO.MUSKEGON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8773FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158900
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4530 70/11/11 NO.MUSKEGON,MICH HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 53, 227 TIME - 1310 N8773F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 69 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTHSIDE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NO.MUSKEGON,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING ROLL OVER LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- TAIL SKID HIT GRND. M/R BLADE FLEXED INTO ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8773F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Northside
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Other investigations on N8773F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL89LA199Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSaluda, SCStudent pilot's improper use of the flight controls during lift-off and inadequate supervision by the flight instructor.NTSB LAX84LA260Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMesa, AZThe acft landed hard during an autorotation demonstration by a CFI. During landing the rotor blades severed the tail andthe acft went into ground resonance. The CFI said he thought the acft lost transitional lift. He recommended not practicing autorotations…NTSB LAX83LA340Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMesa, AZThe instructor was demonstrating a power recovery autorotation to a dry river bed, which he initiated at 500 feet AGL by rolling off the throttle and lowering the collective. Aprx 5 seconds later he observed a change in sound and noticed the engine RPM at 0.…