- Date
- June 24, 1979
- Place
- Findlay, OH · FINDLAY, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9439FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 135885
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1753 79/6/24 FINDLAY,OH HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1515 N9439F PX- 0 0 3 OTHER AGE 43, 17114 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 119 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FINDLAY,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9439F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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