- Date
- February 23, 1968
- Place
- Hawain Grdn, CA · HAWAIN GRDN, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9459FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report March 5, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112364
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0235 68/2/23 HAWAIN GRDN,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N9459F PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE AGE 33, 1698 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 ALL IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. REMARKS- DURING PRACTICE AUTOROTATION,PLT FAILED TO MAINTAIN ROTOR RPM ON FLARE OR LEVEL ACFT ON TOUCHDOWN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9459F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9459FRegistration cancelled Sep 29, 2009 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N9459F · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.