- Date
- May 10, 1978
- Place
- Vero Beach, FL · VERO BEACH, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8798FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780510009219A
- Case key
- 142481
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1230 78/5/10 VERO BEACH,FL HUGHES 269A CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1615 N8798F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 36, 10525 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERO BEACH,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES LANDING: GO-AROUND PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8798F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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Other investigations on N8798F · 1
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