- Date
- January 22, 1969
- Place
- Batavia, NY · BATAVIA, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N8770FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114458
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1673 69/1/22 BATAVIA,NY HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 1125 TIME - 1100 N8770F PX- 0 0 0 CHECK TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GENESEE COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: ON GROUND STATIC: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS CHECK PILOT - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - GROUND RESONANCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PROP/ENGINE VIBRATION REMARKS- FLT TEST.ACFT ALLOWED TO OSCILLATE WHILE LIGHT ON SKIDS.CK PLT PULLED PITCH INSTEAD OF LOWERING IT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8770F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Genesee County
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