- Date
- July 24, 1965
- Place
- Redondo Beach, CA · REDONDO BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9429FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report October 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177228
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0535 65/7/24 REDONDO BEACH CAL HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 322 TIME - 1340 N9429F PX- 0 0 1 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 144 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR IN FLIGHT: POWER-ON DESCENT DITCHING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - TRANSMISSION ROTOR DRIVE SYSTEM: TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT TWISTED-N9429F IN INCIDENT INVOLVING TAIL ROTOR ASSY 12 FLYNG HRS PREVIOUS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9429F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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