- Date
- September 4, 1978
- Place
- Derry, PA · DERRY, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7466FHughes 269C
- Status
- Completed · report December 1, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780904041509A
- Case key
- 139381
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3389 78/9/4 DERRY,PA HUGHES 269C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 34, 224 TIME - 1455 N7466F PX- 0 0 2 OTHER PUBLIC TOTAL HOURS, 59 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP WEST MIFFLIN,PA RETURN LATROBE,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS REMARKS- DROPPING PING-PONG BALLS. CHURCH SCHOOL ON LEFT. COLLIDED WITH CARNIVAL TENT AND CHAIN LINK FENCE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7466F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269C
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7466FRegistration cancelled Feb 8, 2011 · Hughes 269CAirframe modelHughes 269CEngine modelLycoming HIO-360 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.