- Date
- July 3, 1971
- Place
- Culver City, CA · CULVER CITY, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9527FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162624
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2339 71/7/3 CULVER CITY,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 24, 1205 TIME - 1725 N9527F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUGHES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA MONICA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- PRACTICE 90 DEG AUTO.PLT FLARED TOO LOW,T/R HIT GRND ON LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9527F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hughes
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