- Date
- September 25, 1968
- Place
- Kansas City, KS · KANSAS CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9325FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report February 4, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107631
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4257 68/9/25 KANSAS CITY,KANS HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1430 N9325F PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE 46, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, 35 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRFAX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- M/R FLEXED DOWN SEVERED T/R BOOM.PLT FAILED TO KEEP ACFT LIGHT ON SKIDS AS FORWARD SPEED WAS LOST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9325F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Fairfax