- Date
- October 17, 1970
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9401FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report October 29, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 158845
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4576 70/10/17 LONG BEACH,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 200 TIME - 1112 N9401F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- UNAUZD AUTO LDG,TWSTD THROTTLE WRONG DIR,UN TO EFFECT PWR RCVRY.MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9401F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
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Other investigations on N9401F · 1
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