- Date
- August 25, 1979
- Place
- Mobile, AL · MOBILE, AL
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9534FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report October 10, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790825020839A
- Case key
- 134737
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2048 79/8/25 MOBILE,AL HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N9534F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 32, 3319 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 156 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MOBILE,AL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9534F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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