- Date
- August 13, 1981
- Place
- Marion, IA · MARION, IA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9357FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810813051209A
- Case key
- 124439
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2200 81/8/13 MARION,IA HUGHES 269B CR- 0 1 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 38, 497 TIME - 1830 N9357F PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 67 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARION DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARION,IA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- EQUIPPED WITH HI-SPEED T/R.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9357F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marion
N9357FRegistration cancelled May 22, 2013 · Hughes 269BAirframe modelHughes 269BEngine modelLycoming I0360 series
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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.
Other investigations on N9357F · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
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