- Date
- October 29, 1979
- Place
- Sanderson, TX · SANDERSON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9544FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report February 1, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19791029035489A
- Case key
- 133121
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3325 79/10/29 NR.SANDERSON,TX HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 933 TIME - 0930 N9544F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 430 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANDERSON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9544F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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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.