- Date
- May 19, 1979
- Place
- Flanagan, IL · FLANAGAN, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9323FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790519015859A
- Case key
- 135905
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1630 79/5/19 FLANAGAN,IL HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 33 TOTAL TIME - 1730 N9323F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLANAGAN,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- COLLIDED W/FUEL STORAGE TANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9323F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9323F · 2
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