- Date
- December 3, 1978
- Place
- Camden, SC · CAMDEN, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9455FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report February 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781203036179A
- Case key
- 137940
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4050 78/12/3 CAMDEN,SC HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1430 N9455F PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 47, 4856 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 1256 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WOODWARD FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CAMDEN,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS REMARKS- TAIL ROTOR STRUCK GROUND ON ABRUPT AFT CYCLIC INPUT FOL BY MAIN ROTORS STRIKING GROUND.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9455F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Woodward Field
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.