- Date
- October 10, 1971
- Place
- Lake Havasu, AZ · LAKE HAVASU, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9526FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report April 12, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163383
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3292 71/10/10 LAKE HAVASU,ARIZ HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1810 N9526F PX- 0 0 1 FERRY AGE 43, 7635 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 300 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE HAVASU CITY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE HAVASU,ARIZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT TAKEOFF: RUNNING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- FLOAT EQPD. HIT TOP OF WAVE CAUSED BY PASSING BOAT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9526F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Havasu City