- Date
- April 30, 1972
- Place
- Lafayette, LA · LAFAYETTE, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9071FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165983
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2768 72/4/30 LAFAYETTE,LA HUGHES 369HS CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0740 N9071F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 50, 8821 TOTAL HOURS, 45 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAFAYETTE MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- MN ROTOR BLADE HIT TAIL BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9071F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lafayette Muni
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Other investigations on N9071F · 2
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