- Date
- July 23, 1980
- Place
- Council Bluffs, IA · COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8644FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800723027569A
- Case key
- 129798
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1175 80/7/23 COUNCIL BLUFFS,IA HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2020 N8644F PX- 0 0 0 OTHER AGE 28, 1680 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 280 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - COUNCIL BLUFFS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COUNCIL BLUFFS,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUND RESONANCE REMARKS- DEPARTED RAMP TO LAND ON PORTABLE PAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8644F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Council Bluffs
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.