- Date
- February 9, 1975
- Place
- Gallup, NM · GALLUP, NM
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8810FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750209003419A
- Case key
- 147430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0185 75/2/9 NR.GALLUP,NM HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 197 TIME - 1500 N8810F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 73 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARIANO LAKE,NM GALLUP,NM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - DELAYED ACTION IN ABORTING TAKEOFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- UNABLE TO CLR OBSTRUCTING TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8810F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8810FRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8810F · 1
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