- Date
- May 7, 1966
- Place
- Canby, CA · CANBY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N9449FHughes 269B
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0411 66/5/7 CANBY CALIF HUGHES 269B CR- 0 0 2 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 3200 TIME - 1230 N9449F PX- 0 0 0 OTHER TOTAL HOURS, 170 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVENESS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: BUILDING(S) IN FLIGHT: EMERGENCY DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LATERAL IMBALANCE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- 150 LB.WEIGHT HUNG ON RT SKID,OSCILLATED,WOULD NOT RELEASE.PLAN WAS TO DROP IT INTO A TALL CHIMNEY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9449F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269B
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Loveness
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Other investigations on N9449F · 2
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