- Date
- September 25, 1976
- Place
- Vinita, OK · VINITA, OK
- Injuries
- 3 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N7453FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760925033009A
- Case key
- 155678
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3106 76/9/25 NR.VINITA,OK HUGHES 269C CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 105 TIME - 1212 N7453F PX- 0 2 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHELSEA,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7453F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.