- Date
- April 24, 1969
- Place
- Alpine, CA · ALPINE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9381FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185463
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2814 69/4/24 ALPINE,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 836 TIME - 1330 N9381F PX- 0 0 0 CONSTRUCTION TOTAL HOURS, 729 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ALPINE,CALIF ALPINE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOAD NOT JETTISONED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- LATERAL CONTROL LOST AS ACFT MOVED INTO POSITION TO RELEASE PIPE.GRND MAN BELOW JUMPED OVER CLIFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9381F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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