- Date
- March 26, 1979
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX · WICHITA FALLS, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8970FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790326008439A
- Case key
- 136983
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0626 79/3/26 NR.WICHITA FALLS,TX HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 233 TIME - 0800 N8970F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 171 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA FALLS,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 40 180 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 14 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8970F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8970FRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Hughes 269CAirframe modelHughes 269CEngine modelLycoming HIO-360 series
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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.
Other investigations on N8970F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW87LA008Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportMonahans, TXThe acft was destroyed during a forced landing following a partial loss of pwr after liftoff from a trailer. The acft settled back down onto the front of the trailer and subsequently rolled over. The eng continued to run following the roll over. The plt…NTSB FTW76DRG62Accident · Minor injuriesClosedLampasas, TX