- Date
- December 11, 1969
- Place
- Aiken, TX · AIKEN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8945FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report May 25, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 144689
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4474 69/12/11 AIKEN,TEX HUGHES 269A CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 3019 TIME - 1500 N8945F PX- 0 0 1 MAPPING/PHOTO TOTAL HOURS, 60 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLAINVIEW,TEX AIKEN,TEX 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. REMARKS- ACFT WAS OBSERVED,IN CONTINUOUS R TURN FROM APRX 500 FT UNTIL GRND CONTACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8945F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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