- Date
- April 5, 1979
- Place
- Slaton, TX · SLATON, TX
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N8960FHughes 269A-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 13, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790405009059A
- Case key
- 137001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0824 79/4/5 SLATON,TX HUGHES 269A-1 CR- 0 2 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 901 TIME - 1320 N8960F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SLATON MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SLATON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- WITNESS OBSERVED HEL LOOKED TO BE IN AUTOROTATION.CFI ON BOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8960F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Slaton Municipal
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8960F · 2
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