- Date
- July 21, 1968
- Place
- Culver City, CA · CULVER CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8923FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109213
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2419 68/7/21 CULVER CITY,CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 28, 410 TIME - 1400 N8923F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUGHES TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR: INADEQUATE TRAINING OF STUDENT REMARKS- IMPROPERLY EXECUTED 3FT HOVERING AUTOROTATION.LACKED KNOWLEDGE OF PROPER TECHNIQUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8923F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hughes
N8923FRegistration cancelled Nov 21, 2017 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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Other investigations on N8923F · 4
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