- Date
- October 26, 1980
- Place
- Girard, TX · GIRARD, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9397FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report December 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801026058349A
- Case key
- 127787
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2970 80/10/26 NR.GIRARD,TX HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 1596 TIME - 0900 N9397F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 1411 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GIRARD,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: HOVERING COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - ROTOR ASSEMBLIES: TAIL ROTOR BLADES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HERDING CATTLE.TAIL ROTOR BLADES FAILED WHILE HOVERING OVR TALL BRUSH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9397F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9397FRegistration cancelled Mar 20, 2013 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9397F · 4
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