- Date
- March 27, 1970
- Place
- Kansas City, KS · KANSAS CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8864FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 134363
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1417 70/3/27 KANSAS CITY,KANS HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1200 N8864F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 30, 2513 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FAIRFAX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,KANS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- EXCESSIVE FLARE CAUSED TAIL LOW ATTITUDE AT GROUND CONTACT.M/R BLADES STRUCK TAIL BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8864F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Fairfax
N8864FRegistration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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Other investigations on N8864F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.