- Date
- February 19, 1967
- Place
- Culver City, CA · CULVER CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8903FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report July 13, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119146
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0130 67/2/19 CULVER CITY,CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0915 N8903F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 408 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 240 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUGHES ARPT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND STATIC: IDLING ROTORS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUND RESONANCE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- LANDING GEAR OLEO STRUTS HAD LOW AIR PRESSURE AND EXCESS OIL CONTENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8903F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hughes Arpt
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