- Date
- November 14, 1976
- Place
- Two Buttes, CO · TWO BUTTES, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7457FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761114036689A
- Case key
- 156240
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3639 76/11/14 TWO BUTTES,CO HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 5775 TIME - 1530 N7457F PX- 0 0 0 HUNTING TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TWO BUTTES,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT UNUSUAL NOISE PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- TUMBLEWEEDS CAUGHT IN TAIL ROTOR,CAUSED VIBRATION AND LOSS OF ROTOR RPM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7457F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N7457F · 1
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