- Date
- October 7, 1967
- Place
- Yucca Vally, CA · YUCCA VALLY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9367FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113494
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0828 67/10/7 YUCCA VALLY,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1340 N9367F PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 54, 10000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 183 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN HUESEN HELIPT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POORLY PLANNED APPROACH REMARKS- PLT MANEUVERED ACFT INTO ATTITUDE WHERE HE EXPERIENCED SETTLING WITH POWER CONDITIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9367F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Van Huesen Helipt
N9367FRegistration cancelled Apr 3, 2020 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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