- Date
- December 9, 1967
- Place
- Fayetteville, AR · FAYETTEVILLE, AR
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9335FHughes 300
- Status
- Completed · report March 1, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113591
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-1007 67/12/9 FAYETTEVILLE,ARK HUGHES 300 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1645 N9335F PX- 0 1 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 47, 5600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 600 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FACTOR(S) WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, IN PERSON WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OBSCURATION 200 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1 MILE OR LESS RAIN, THUNDERSTORM OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 53 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 320 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- FAILED TO DESCEND FOR BETTER VISIBILITY,AND TO ATTEMPT TO STOP SETTLING-WITH-POWER CONDITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9335F
- Reported as
- Hughes 300
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9335FRegistration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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