- Date
- September 29, 1979
- Place
- Trenton, SC · TRENTON, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8853FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report October 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790929025069A
- Case key
- 133968
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2382 79/9/29 TRENTON,SC HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1400 N8853F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 33, 9255 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 8180 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRENTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRENTON,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUND RESONANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8853F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Trenton
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8853F · 4
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