- Date
- August 4, 1966
- Place
- Robbinsville, NJ · ROBBINSVILLE, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8906FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report April 5, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 122447
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0709 66/8/4 ROBBINSVILLE NJ HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 327 TIME - 0840 N8906F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 112 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: STARTING SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 35 KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS KIND OF CROP - POTATOES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - LIQUID CHEMICAL-TOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - NOT USED GOGGLES - USED CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED COCKPIT CRASHPAD - NOT INSTALLED CRASH BAR - NOT INSTALLED TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - SIDES TERRAIN-TYPE -LEVEL,FLAT ELEVATION-AREA BEING TREATED-FEET - 216 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - WIND CALM REMARKS- PILOT LOOKED TO SIDE TO SEE WHERE TO START SPRAY.HAD RECVD COMPLAINTS FROM NEIGHBOR.4 FT SWATH RUN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8906F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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