- Date
- February 6, 1969
- Place
- Waring, TX · WARING, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8783FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114436
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0939 69/2/6 WARING,TEX HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 14000 TIME - 2000 N8783F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 103 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUST STRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAXI: AERIAL TAXI, OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- ATTEMPTED TAXI DURING DARKNESS IN DUST FROM PLOWED FIELD.LOST GRND REFERENCE.R SKID DUG INTO GRND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8783F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Rust Strip
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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