- Date
- February 13, 1974
- Place
- Gaithersburg, MD · GAITHERSBURG, MD
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9397FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740213002459A
- Case key
- 186753
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1348 74/2/13 GAITHERSBURG,MD HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1725 N9397F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 33, 1786 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 21 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONTGOMERY CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAITHERSBURG,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- RUN-ON LDG.WHILE RUNNING ON GND NOSE PITCHED UP T/R STRUCK GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9397F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Montgomery Co
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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