- Date
- March 24, 1977
- Place
- Erie, CO · ERIE, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9306FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report May 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770324007699A
- Case key
- 157530
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0645 77/3/24 ERIE,CO HUGHES 269B CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N9306F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 1976 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 950 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BROOMFIELD,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 70 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 5 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- PRACTICE AUTOROTATIONS WITH POWER RECOVERY.D-A 7000 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9306F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9306FRegistration cancelled Mar 18, 2013 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9306F · 5
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