- Date
- October 24, 1978
- Place
- West Chicago, IL · WEST CHICAGO, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7415FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781024037519A
- Case key
- 138327
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3768 78/10/24 WEST CHICAGO,IL HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N7415F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 33, 5561 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 473 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DUPAGE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST CHICAGO,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- AFT LANDING PRACTICE HOVERING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7415F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dupage County
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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.