- Date
- December 14, 1965
- Place
- Sonoma, CA · SONOMA, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8823FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174973
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0977 65/12/14 SONOMA CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1500 N8823F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 27, 180 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 94 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA VALLEY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING ROLL OVER LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT-IMPROPERLY EXECUTED AUTOROTATIVE LANDING. FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8823F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sonoma Valley
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Other investigations on N8823F · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB ATL88LA249Accident · Minor injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportSaluda, SCThe instructor pilot reported that they were conducting autorotation training. During an autorotation the crew delayed initiating the power recovery. The helicopters struck the ground causing substantial damage. The pilots did not report experiencing a system…NTSB CHI76DEC11Accident · No injuriesClosedHowell, MINTSB MKC75FCD29Accident · No injuriesClosedBettendorf, IA