- Date
- February 27, 1967
- Place
- Rutherford, NJ · RUTHERFORD, NJ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8950FHughes 269A-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119103
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0080 67/2/27 RUTHERFORD,NJ HUGHES 269A-1 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1330 N8950F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 23, 1208 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 296 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY HARBOR TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: HOVERING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) DUAL STUDENT - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT REMARKS- STUDENTS FIRST HELICOPTER FLIGHT-WAS HANDLING CYCLIC CONTROL ONLY.ACFT FLOAT EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8950F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A-1
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Harbor
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