- Date
- April 30, 1965
- Place
- Lamesa, TX · LAMESA, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9306FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178020
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0194 65/4/30 LAMESA TEX HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 35, 25 TOTAL TIME - 1215 N9306F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAMESA MUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) TERRAIN - WET,SOFT GROUND FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNAPPROVED MODIFICATION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OUT OF BALANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT REMARKS- TAPE PUT ON TAIL ROTOR BLADES AS PROTECTION NOT AN APPROVED MAINT ACTION MAINT PERS THOUT IT WAS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9306F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lamesa Mun
N9306FRegistration cancelled Mar 18, 2013 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N9306F · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.