- Date
- July 19, 1966
- Place
- Culver City, CA · CULVER CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N8851FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122418
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0671 66/7/19 CULVER CITY CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1245 N8851F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 34, 1183 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 138 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUGHES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- IP STRUCK BY MAIN ROTOR BLADE AFTER DEPLANING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8851F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hughes
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Other investigations on N8851F · 2
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