- Date
- February 15, 1965
- Place
- Novato, CA · NOVATO, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8878FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180510
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0063 65/2/15 NR.NOVATO CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1530 N8878F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 720 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 650 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARIN COUNTY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: POWER-ON LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT REMARKS- PARACHUTE CANOPY ON GROUND WAS BLOWN INTO THE TAIL ROTOR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8878F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marin County
N8878FRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Hughes 269AAirframe modelHughes 269AEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.