- Date
- November 4, 1969
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9437FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160142
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2986 69/11/4 LONG BEACH,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1653 N9437F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 37, 3152 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2700 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOS ANGELES,CALIF LONG BEACH,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SKID ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- R STRUT ASSY LDG GR DAMPER UPPER ATTACH LUG FAILED AS RUN-ON AUTOROTATIVE LDG WAS COMPLETED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9437F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
N9437FRegistration cancelled Sep 11, 2013 · 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 N9437F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.