- Date
- July 9, 1966
- Place
- Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8791FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 16, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171136
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0612 66/7/9 BAKERSFIELD CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 763 TIME - 0945 N8791F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- STUDENT ROTORCFT PILOT.T/R DR SHAFT DISCONNECTED BY GRND STRIKE.2ND GRND STRIKE WAS UNCONTROLLED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8791F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8791FRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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Other investigations on N8791F · 1
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