- Date
- April 10, 1969
- Place
- St Paul, MN · ST PAUL, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N9486FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 189542
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1134 69/4/10 ST PAUL,MINN HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1308 TIME - 0740 N9486F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 670 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT UNUSUAL NOISE REMARKS- PLT AUTOROTATED DUE TO UNUSUAL NOISE.UNCONTROLLABLE ROTATION TO R WHEN ACFT WAS FLARED FOR LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9486F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9486FRegistration cancelled Feb 20, 2013 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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Other investigations on N9486F · 1
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