- Date
- July 18, 1966
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8876FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122368
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0621 66/7/18 LONG BEACH CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1302 N8876F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 48, 3935 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 1810 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH MUNI. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- AT 4 FT HOVER STUDENT SUDDENLY PUSHED CYCLIC CONTROL VIOLENTLY FORWARD JERKING IT FROM HAND OF IP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8876F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Long Beach Muni.
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