- Date
- October 22, 1973
- Place
- San Antonio, TX · SAN ANTONIO, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9667FHughes 269
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731022032499A
- Case key
- 188490
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2939 73/10/22 SAN ANTONIO,TEX HUGHES 269 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 44, 343 TIME - 1610 N9667F PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 233 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN ANTONIO,TEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.BOUNCED,HIT TAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9667F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9667FRegistration cancelled Feb 1, 2013 · Hughes 269CAirframe modelHughes 269CEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N9667F · 1
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