- Date
- August 20, 1979
- Place
- Grosse Ile, MI · GROSSE ILE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9034FHughes 369H5
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790820032589I
- Case key
- 134016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2294 79/8/20 GROSSE ILE,MI HUGHES 369H5 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 43, 105 TIME - 2130 N9034F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 66 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GROSSE ILE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MI GROSSE ILE,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) TAXI: GROUND TAXI FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- HANGER DOOR & 2 AIRCRAFT DAMAGED.STU PLT ATTEMPTED TO REPOSITION ACFT INSIDE HANGER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9034F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369H5
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Grosse Ile
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9034F · 1
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