- Date
- August 5, 1970
- Place
- Green Bay, WI · GREEN BAY, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9308FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report June 11, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191474
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3472 70/8/5 GREEN BAY,WIS HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1930 N9308F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 6044 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1035 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AUSTIN-STRAUBEL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCONTO,WIS GREEN BAY,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- THROTTLE FRICTION LOCK SET TOO TIGHT DURING PRACTICE AUTOROTATION. UN ADD PWR,UN REACH RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9308F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Austin-Straubel
N9308FRegistration cancelled Aug 1, 2013 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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.
Other investigations on N9308F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL85LA287Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportWinchester, KYThe accident occurred as the student pilot was attempting to takeoff for hover training. As the pilot was applying collective torque, the student said, he lost control and crashed. There were no system malfunctions or failures reported.NTSB LAX65A0064Accident · No injuriesClosedLas Vegas, NVNTSB UNK64X3324Accident · No injuriesClosedLas Vegas, NV