- Date
- April 30, 1966
- Place
- Louisville, CO · LOUISVILLE, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8829FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0232 66/4/30 LOUISVILLE COLO HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 43, 5400 TIME - 1815 N8829F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. REMARKS- ROTOR RPM SLOWED AFTER QUICK-STOP,HELICOPTER SETTLED INTO DITCH FROM HOVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8829F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8829FRegistration cancelled Dec 19, 2018 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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