- Date
- June 15, 1971
- Place
- Duarte, CA · DUARTE, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9437FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report February 14, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2080 71/6/15 DUARTE,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 9630 TIME - 1210 N9437F PX- 0 0 0 SEARCH AND RESCUE TOTAL HOURS, 1820 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF DUARTE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- ACFT OPERATING AT A DENSITY ALT OF 7600 FT.PLT WENT BEYOND CAPABILITIES OF ACFT,SETTLED IN TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9437F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N9437FRegistration cancelled Sep 11, 2013 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N9437F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.