- Date
- April 3, 1966
- Place
- Oscawana, NY · OSCAWANA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9434FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report May 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172929
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0055 66/4/3 OSCAWANA NY HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2075 TIME - 1520 N9434F PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL-INADEQUATE OPERATIONAL INSTRUCTIONS. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 42 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 225 10 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE REMARKS- PARACHUTE MARKING LANDING AREA BLEW INTO ROTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9434F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage