- Date
- November 9, 1980
- Place
- Newport, TX · NEWPORT, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8825FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report January 23, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801109072509A
- Case key
- 128760
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1816 80/11/9 NEWPORT,TX HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 48, 40 TOTAL TIME - 1630 N8825F PX- 0 1 0 BUSINESS HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOWIE,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- SPOTTING CATTLE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8825F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8825FRegistration cancelled Feb 6, 2009 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8825F · 1
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