- Date
- July 2, 1975
- Place
- Savannah, GA · SAVANNAH, GA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9071FHughes 369
- Status
- Completed · report November 11, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750702025169A
- Case key
- 149998
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2878 75/7/2 SAVANNAH,GA HUGHES 369 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1910 N9071F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 28, 3697 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 580 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAVANNAH MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAVANNAH,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LNDD HARD ON AFT PORTION OF SKIDS.MAIN ROTOR SEVERED TAIL BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9071F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Savannah Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N9071F · 2
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