# NTSB MKC66A0037: Hughes 269A, N8924F, Big Fork, MN, January 12, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 12, 1966
- Place: Big Fork, MN · BIG FORK, MN
- Location: 47.7476° N, 93.6540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bigfork, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.7476&lon=-93.6540&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 28, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174497
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC66A0037
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC66A0037

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0007  66/1/12    BIG FORK MINN       HUGHES 269A         CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1125                    N8924F              PX-  0  0  1  DEMONSTRATION             AGE 47, 18000 TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, NOT
                                                                                                   INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BIG FORK MUNICIPL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           ROLL OVER                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        REMARKS- PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CONTINUE WITH NO VISIBILITY IN SNOW BEING BLOWN UP BY ROTOR WASH
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8924F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8924F-1971-12-16), registration cancelled 1971-12-16, S/N 0306 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HUGHES 269A
- Registry model: [Hughes 269A](https://openairdocs.org/model/hughes-269a) (registry code 4470402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Helicopter
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Big Fork Municipl

## Other investigations on N8924F (2)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC67A0071](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC67A0071), May 27, 1967: Hughes 269A (N8924F), Hancock, MN, substantial damage
- [NTSB UNK64X3185](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3185), Aug 2, 1964: Hughes 269A (N8924F), Oconomowoc Lk, WI, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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