- Date
- December 17, 1968
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9001FHughes 369H
- Status
- Completed · report March 3, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191906
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4571 68/12/17 TEHACHAPI,CALIF HUGHES 369H CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1434 N9001F PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 47, 4880 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1250 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEHACHAPI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9001F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369H
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tehachapi
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