- Date
- March 3, 1971
- Place
- Laramie, WY · LARAMIE, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8891FHughes 269A-1
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160150
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0611 71/3/3 LARAMIE,WYO HUGHES 269A-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 10000 TIME - 0900 N8891F PX- 0 0 1 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LARAMIE,WYO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES NONE 270 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 35 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- PLT TRIED TO LND ON MTN RDG W 35K GUSTS.EXCEEDED PLT AND ACFT LIMITATIONS. ELK TAGGING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8891F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N8891F · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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