- Date
- November 11, 1970
- Place
- Las Cruces, NM · LAS CRUCES, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N2393Squires Helico
- Status
- Completed · report January 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 169854
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1861 70/11/11 LAS CRUCES,N MEX SQUIRES HELICO CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 40, 461 TIME - 1230 N2393 PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAS CRUCES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS CRUCES,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PLT RPTS LOSS OF MEMORY.ACFT OBSERVED TO LOSE FWD SPEED AND ENTER HIGH SINK RATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2393
- Reported as
- Squires Helico
- Category
- Helicopter, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Las Cruces
N2393Registration cancelled Aug 26, 2011 · Squires Helicom COMMUTERAirframe modelSquires Helicom COMMUTEREngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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