# NTSB LAX72FUD02: Hughes 269B, N9527F, Culver City, CA, July 3, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 3, 1971
- Place: Culver City, CA · CULVER CITY, CA
- Location: 34.0058° N, 118.3968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Culver City, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0058&lon=-118.3968&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162624
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX72FUD02
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX72FUD02

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9527F-1973-02-13), registration cancelled 1973-02-13, S/N 180351 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269B
- Registry model: [Hughes 269B](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269b) (registry code 4470502) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Hughes

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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