- Date
- July 7, 1979
- Place
- Hunter, NY · HUNTER, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9062FHughes 369HS
- Status
- Completed · report October 18, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790707034299A
- Case key
- 133831
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3940 79/7/7 NR.HUNTER,NY HUGHES 369HS CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 54, 1645 TIME - 1740 N9062F PX- 1 2 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 235 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PRIVATE HELIPAD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HUNTER,NY LINDEN,NJ TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: VERTICAL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- PIC ATTEMPTED NEAR VERTICAL TAKEOFF WITH 3 PAX ABOARD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9062F
- Reported as
- Hughes 369HS
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- turbo shaft
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Private Helipad
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.