- Date
- September 29, 1965
- Place
- Merritt Isle, FL · MERRITT ISLE, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8896FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report January 28, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175806
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0796 65/9/29 MERRITT ISLE FLA HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N8896F PX- 0 0 1 DEMONSTRATION AGE 41, 9444 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 21 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CENTRAL BREVARD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-FAILED TO ESTABLISH ADQ.ENG.AND ROTOR RPM FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF POWERPLANT & POWERPLANT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- LACK OF TORQUE CONTROL AT LIFT OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8896F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Central Brevard
N8896FRegistration cancelled May 17, 2013 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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Other investigations on N8896F · 1
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