- Date
- July 30, 1969
- Place
- West Seneca, NY · WEST SENECA, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8725FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 163851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4691 69/7/30 WEST SENECA,NY HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 655 TIME - 1500 N8725F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 430 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP BUFFALO,NY WEST SENECA,NY AKRON,OHIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION PROPELLER/ROTOR FAILURE: TAIL ROTOR LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) ROTORCRAFT - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: TAIL ROTOR PITCH CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- T/R CABLE ASSY PN269A7315-3 SEPARATED IN PULLEY,PNAN219-4,AREA.HIT HI GRASS,M/R CUT OFF TAIL BOOM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8725F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buffalo Airpark
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