- Date
- December 4, 1965
- Place
- Lompoc, CA · LOMPOC, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8900FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report April 8, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174959
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0965 65/12/4 LOMPOC,CALIF. HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0957 N8900F PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG 30, 5000 TOTAL HOURS, 238 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PARKING LOT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- LANDED ON AND DAMAGED 3 PARKED AUTOMOBILES.LANDING APPROACH WAS OVER HOUSES-WIRES-PEOPLE-PRKNG LOT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8900F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Parking Lot
N8900FRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2014 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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Other investigations on N8900F · 2
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