- Date
- September 1, 1976
- Place
- Holmes Beach, FL · HOLMES BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9563FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report April 21, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760901035609A
- Case key
- 156139
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4047 76/9/1 HOLMES BEACH,FL HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0630 N9563F PX- 0 0 0 ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY AGE 38, 2021 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 239 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PALMETTO,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT: SPRAY,DUSTING EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 1960 KIND OF OPERATION - OTHER KIND OF CROP - MOSQUITO CONTROL TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - NOT USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE-NOT USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -DENSE WITH TREES ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 4 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - CROSSWIND REMARKS- ENRT TO SPRAY MOSQUITOES.PLT RPTS PVC ELBOW BRKN,M/R DRIVE BELTS WET,SLIPPED.LNDD ON 25DEG SLOPE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9563F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9563F · 1
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