- Date
- August 12, 1974
- Place
- Hntngtn Bch, CA · HNTNGTN BCH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N50HBHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report November 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740812035769A
- Case key
- 138866
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3185 74/8/12 HNTNGTN BCH,CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 375 TIME - 1905 N50HB PX- 1 0 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 197 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - POLICE HELI-PAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HNTNGTN BCH,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOST CTL DRG PRACTICE AUTOROTATION.HIT WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50HB
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Police Heli-Pad
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.