- Date
- June 20, 1970
- Place
- Bryson City, NC · BRYSON CITY, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9457FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report August 11, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 125879
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0698 70/6/20 BRYSON CITY,NC HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2425 TIME - 1600 N9457F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 147 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOSSAMON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRYSON CITY,NC BRYSON CITY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- PARTIAL LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CTL,CAUSE UNDETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9457F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sossamon
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