- Date
- June 24, 1974
- Place
- Berlin, PA · BERLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N9390FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740624020769A
- Case key
- 130066
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2784 74/6/24 BERLIN,PA HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 650 TIME - 0800 N9390F PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SOMERSET,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID OBJECTS OR OBSTRUCTIONS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SUNGLARE SPECIAL DATA TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED KIND OF OPERATION - DUSTING CROPS KIND OF CROP - POTATOES TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - DRY CHEMICAL-NONTOXIC PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY GLOVES - USED GOGGLES - NOT 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 - 2300 SWATH RUN-HOW FLOWN - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROCEDURE TURNAROUND - ENTRY TO PROCEDURE TURN REMARKS- DURING CROP DUSTING OPN,FLYING INTO SUN,PLT FAILED TO SEE AND AVOID TELEPHONE WIRES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9390F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N9390F · 2
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NTSB ERA27FA004Accident · 1 fatalClass 3 · FieldInvestigation openLahmansville, WVNTSB CHI01LA293Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportPontiac, MIthe checklist not compiled with by the operator and not verified by the operator’s pilot and the operator's flight instructor. An additional cause was the improper autorotation by the pilot in command. The out of calibration engine idle speed was a…