- Date
- October 27, 1977
- Place
- Monmouth, NJ · MONMOUTH, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N8605FHughes 369D
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771027036589A
- Case key
- 144528
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3474 77/10/27 NR.MONMOUTH,NJ HUGHES 369D CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 2425 TIME - 1840 N8605F PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MONMOUTH CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CALDWELL,NJ LAKEWOOD,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING WEATHER - FOG WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 600 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 2 MILES OR LESS NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F FOG 64 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 40 4 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR NONE REMARKS- PILOT SAW RED LIGHT ON TOWER,LOST GROUND CONTACT,HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8605F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369D
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Monmouth Co
N8605FRegistration cancelled Mar 7, 2013 · Hughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DAirframe modelHughes Helicopters HUGHES 369DEngine modelAllison 250 SER 250HP
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N8605F · 1
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