- Date
- August 5, 1978
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL · OPA LOCKA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N7455FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780805027049A
- Case key
- 139949
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2064 78/8/5 NR.OPA LOCKA,FL HUGHES 269C CR- 1 0 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2500 TIME - 0230 N7455F PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPA LOCKA,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7455F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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