- Date
- April 5, 1966
- Place
- Arvada, WY · ARVADA, WY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8891FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172931
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0058 66/4/5 ARVADA WYO HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 570 TIME - 1330 N8891F PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 158 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- HERDING SHEEP
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8891F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N8891F · 6
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