- Date
- August 4, 1978
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N9566FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report September 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780804022519A
- Case key
- 140496
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1936 78/8/4 LONG BEACH,CA HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 22, 102 TIME - 1330 N9566F PX- 0 0 0 SOLO TOTAL HOURS, 38 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONG BEACH,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAXI: AERIAL TAXI TO/FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- A/C IN HOVER TURN STRUCK LEFT SKID IN NOSE LOW ATTITUDE.MAIN ROTOR MAST SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9566F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9566F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX93LA063Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportKahului, HIFailure of the pilot to maintain adequate rotor RPM during downwind flight and adequate altitude to recover the loss of main rotor RPM before settling into the water. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of rotorcraft flight experience.NTSB LAX77FUA02Accident · No injuriesClosedLong Beach, CA