- Date
- October 23, 1980
- Place
- Santa Rosa, CA · SANTA ROSA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8304FHughes 369
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 127584
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3739 80/10/23 SANTA ROSA,CA HUGHES 369 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 747 TIME - 2045 N8304F PX- 1 0 0 POLICE PATROL TOTAL HOURS, 558 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA ROSA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 300 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/4 MILE OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F GROUND FOG 75 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 130 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR SPECIAL VFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- SPCL VFR CLEARANCE.HELO NOT EQPD FOR IFR FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8304F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sonoma County