- Date
- July 14, 1965
- Place
- Cody, WY · CODY, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9397FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report October 15, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0501 65/7/14 NR.CODY WYO HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1815 N9397F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 43, 3500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE REMARKS- PILOT WAS MAKING UNSCHEDULED LANDING AT RANGER STATION TO REPORT FOREST FIRE. LANDING INTO SUN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9397F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9397FRegistration cancelled Mar 20, 2013 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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 N9397F · 4
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