- Date
- May 27, 1971
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN · CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9326FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161926
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2167 71/5/27 CHATTANOOGA,TENN HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1700 N9326F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 38, 9442 TOTAL HOURS, 213 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHATTANOOGA,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING HARD LANDING LANDING: ROLL-ON/RUN-ON PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG QUIT DRG PRACTICE AUTO.M/R BLDS HIT TAIL WHEN PLT TRIED TO STOP ACFT FROM NOSING OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9326F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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