- Date
- April 9, 1971
- Place
- Washington, DC · WASHINGTON, DC
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8754FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160209
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0321 71/4/9 WASHINGTON,DC HUGHES 269A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 45, 1185 TIME - 1030 N8754F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 35 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLLEGE PK MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND REMARKS- PLT ABORTED HI DWNWND APCH,PULLED COLLECTIVE,STARTED CLB,ROTD CLOCKWISE TILL HIT TREE.NOT TYPE RTD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8754F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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