- Date
- January 5, 1976
- Place
- Saginaw, MI · SAGINAW, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9685FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760105000349A
- Case key
- 151996
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0014 76/1/5 SAGINAW,MI HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 63 TOTAL TIME - 1155 N9685F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAGINAW,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9685F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9685FRegistration cancelled May 8, 2020 · Hughes 269CAirframe modelHughes 269CEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9685F · 1
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