- Date
- May 7, 1966
- Place
- Idlewild, CA · IDLEWILD, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9440FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report October 11, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172406
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0317 66/5/7 IDLEWILD CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 650 TIME - 0800 N9440F PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 90 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND 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 TEMPERATURE-F NONE 60 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS CALM VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- SETTLED TO GROUND ON LEAVING GROUND EFFECT.SEARCH AND RESCUE PRACTICE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9440F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N9440F · 5
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