- Date
- July 8, 1968
- Place
- Broomfield, CO · BROOMFIELD, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8892FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109939
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2107 68/7/8 BROOMFIELD,COLO HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1550 N8892F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 25, 2045 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 145 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFERSON COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE IN FLIGHT: HOVERING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT TERRAIN - OTHER REMARKS- STUDENT LOST VERTICAL,LATERAL,DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FROM 3FT HOVER.ACFT TURNED OVER INTO DITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8892F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Jefferson County
N8892FRegistration cancelled Sep 20, 2005 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine 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 N8892F · 8
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