- Date
- April 25, 1965
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8783FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 201575
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0133 65/4/25 NR.SAN ANTONIO TEX HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 13312 TIME - 0915 N8783F PX- 0 0 1 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8783F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8783FRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N8783F · 2
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