- Date
- June 4, 1974
- Place
- Walls, MS · WALLS, MS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8885FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740604016219A
- Case key
- 128315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1564 74/6/4 WALLS,MISS HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1350 N8885F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 3110 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 274 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWINKLE TOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MEMPHIS,TENN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- PLT LOWERED COLLECTIVE PRIOR TO FULL STOP DRG RUN-ON LDG.COPTER TILTED FWD,BLADE CUT TAIL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8885F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Twinkle Town
N8885FRegistration cancelled Jan 17, 2018 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8885F · 2
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