- Date
- November 12, 1970
- Place
- San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9345FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report February 25, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159335
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2050 70/11/12 NR.SAN DIEGO,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0905 N9345F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL ADVERTISING AGE 37, 2471 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 548 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NORTH ISLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KEARNY MESA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDETERMINED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE DITCHING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON WATER DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ACFT SANK IN OCEAN,NOT RECOVERED.PLT STATES IN-FLT MALFUNCTION OF ROTOR DRIVE SYS,ENG OVERSPEED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9345F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- North Island
N9345FRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 2009 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N9345F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.