- Date
- December 14, 1968
- Place
- Odonnell, TX · ODONNELL, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8926FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107391
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4273 68/12/14 ODONNELL,TEX HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 152 TIME - 0800 N8926F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) 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 REMARKS- PLT WAS ATTEMPTING CLIMBING TURN AT 50 FT AGL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8926F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N8926F · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ANC99LA092Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportJuneau, AKThe pilot's failure to maintain rotor rpm, and an inadequately planned approach. A factor associated with the accident was a tailwind.NTSB FTW74FQD01Accident · Minor injuriesClosedAlpine, TXNTSB FTW70FQG14Accident · No injuriesClosedSlaton, TXNTSB FTW67A0121Accident · No injuriesClosedDumas, TXNTSB FTW66A0053Accident · No injuriesClosedLubbock, TX