- Date
- June 19, 1966
- Place
- Culver City, CA · CULVER CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8903FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171108
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0578 66/6/19 CULVER CITY CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0845 N8903F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 22, 329 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 325 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUGHES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- TAIL LOW TOUCHDOWN.MAIN ROTOR SEVERED TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT.INST.RESTORED POWER BEFORE TOUCH DOWN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8903F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hughes
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