- Date
- February 6, 1981
- Place
- Moab, UT · MOAB, UT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N300DSHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810206003099A
- Case key
- 126473
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0793 81/2/6 MOAB,UT HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 21, 115 TIME - 1500 N300DS PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOAB,UT LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- WHILE PRACTICE HOVERING,INADVERTENTLY ROLLED OFF THROTTLE WHILE INCREASING COLLECTIVE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300DS
- 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 N300DS · 1
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