- Date
- November 14, 1969
- Place
- Phoenix, AZ · PHOENIX, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9440FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report May 21, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 149861
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4269 69/11/14 PHOENIX,ARIZ HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N9440F PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS AGE 30, 1307 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 295 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ESTRELA MT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PHOENIX,ARIZ PHOENIX,ARIZ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- LANDED ON SMALL MT SIDE HELIPORT.T/R HIT BRUSH ON EDGE OF HELIPORT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9440F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Estrela Mt
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