- Date
- April 3, 1976
- Place
- West Charlestn, OH · WEST CHARLESTN, OH
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N444EHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report May 19, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760403007369A
- Case key
- 152965
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0715 76/4/3 WEST CHARLESTN,OH HUGHES 269A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 2222 TIME - 1340 N444E PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 443 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION XENIA,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PAX LEANING OUT TAKING PICTURES,HAD LEG DRAPED OVR COLLECTIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N444E
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N444E · 1
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