- Date
- September 3, 1966
- Place
- Wylie, TX · WYLIE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8844FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121537
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0881 66/9/3 WYLIE TEX HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 4762 TIME - 1430 N8844F PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 162 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- PLT WAS FOLLOWING A TRUCK AT ABOUT 25 MPH WHEN SPIN TO RIGHT STARTED.AUTOROTATION STOPPED SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8844F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8844FRegistration cancelled Jan 9, 2018 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming GO-435
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