- Date
- October 9, 1969
- Place
- Grnd Canyon, AZ · GRND CANYON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N9442FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160000
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2936 69/10/9 GRND CANYON,ARIZ HUGHES 269B CR- 0 1 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N9442F PX- 0 0 2 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 46, 7951 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 607 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YAKI PT HELISTOP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION YAKI PT HELISTOP BOTTOM OF CANYON TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 41 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- SETTLED WITH POWER.ATTEMPTED T/O WITHIN 5 LBS OF GROSS WT FOR ALT.DENSITY ALT 7000 FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9442F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yaki Pt Helistop
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Other investigations on N9442F · 2
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