- Date
- January 9, 1965
- Place
- Colo Springs, CO · COLO SPRINGS, CO
- Injuries
- 2 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9350FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180453
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0008 65/1/9 COLO SPRINGS COLO HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1821 N9350F PX- 0 2 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 26, 1743 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 400 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETERSON FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION MISC-LNDG LITE DID NOT COME ON FOR NITE LEVEL OFF. COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9350F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Peterson Field
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N9350F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX88LA233Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportBig Bear, CAWhile cruising, the plt perceived he was experiencing a loss of engine & rotor RPM. The plt stated that he attempted to regain RPM by autorotating. The RPM was regained in the autorotative descent. The plt elected to continue the descent to a landing. Upon…NTSB MKC67A0091Accident · Serious injuriesClosedPapillion, NE