- Date
- June 2, 1980
- Place
- Cajon Pass, CA · CAJON PASS, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9516FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800602017019A
- Case key
- 130966
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1460 80/6/2 NR.CAJON PASS,CA HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1320 N9516F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 72, 27042 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 143 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BERMUDA DUNES,CA SEATTLE,WA RIALTO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE PARTIAL OBSCURATION 3500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 50 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR VFR REMARKS- MTN PASSES OBSCURED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9516F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9516F · 1
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