- Date
- July 26, 1968
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9459FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108477
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3339 68/7/26 LONG BEACH,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1005 N9459F PX- 0 0 1 TEST AGE 37, 1600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 91 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- MAINTENANCE FLT CHECK.ROTOR RPM BEING CHECKED THROUGH AUTOROTATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9459F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
N9459FRegistration cancelled Sep 29, 2009 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Other investigations on N9459F · 4
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.