- Date
- May 5, 1977
- Place
- Richmond, VA · RICHMOND, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N7451FHughes 269
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770505012199A
- Case key
- 158268
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1012 77/5/5 RICHMOND, VA HUGHES 269 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2549 TIME - 0800 N7451F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 2028 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RICHMOND, VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE HEAD WIND 338-022 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 220 15 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR ENTANGLEMENT IN VEGETATION
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7451F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7451FRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Hughes 269CAirframe modelHughes 269CEngine modelLycoming HIO-360 series
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Other investigations on N7451F · 1
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