- Date
- June 9, 1970
- Place
- Sylmar, CA · SYLMAR, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8757FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 124006
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2397 70/6/9 NR.SYLMAR,CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1715 N8757F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 31, 794 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 680 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BURBANK,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- AFTER TOUCHDOWN PLT LOWERED PITCH TOO SOON. ACFT ROCKED,M/R BLADES HIT TAIL BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8757F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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