- Date
- July 3, 1978
- Place
- Chesterland, OH · CHESTERLAND, OH
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9587FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report February 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780703020119A
- Case key
- 140404
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3723 78/7/3 CHESTERLAND,OH HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 6450 TIME - 2024 N9587F PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2355 IN DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHESTERLAND,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- PAX JUMPED INTO LAKE FROM HOVERING HELICOPTER AND HAND CONTACTED ROTOR BLADE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9587F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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