- Date
- January 15, 1966
- Place
- Excelsior, MN · EXCELSIOR, MN
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8865FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report May 13, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0009 66/1/15 NR.EXCELSIOR MINN HUGHES 269A CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 28, 500 TIME - 1415 N8865F PX- 0 1 0 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 19 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT REMARKS- VOLUNTEER WATER PATROL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8865F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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