- Date
- August 5, 1976
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9301FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760805022069A
- Case key
- 154931
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2102 76/8/5 AMARILLO,TX HUGHES 269B CR- 0 1 1 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 26, TIME - 1645 N9301F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AMARILLO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS COPILOT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- PIC OP CYCLIC,CP OP COLLECTIVE & PEDALS. NEITHER QUALIFIED IN ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9301F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9301F · 3
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