- Date
- June 27, 1966
- Place
- Eureka, CA · EUREKA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Emergency descent
- Aircraft
- N8702FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 171704
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0566 66/6/27 EUREKA CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 1 1 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1055 N8702F PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 59, 15109 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 414 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MURRAY FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: AUTOROTATIVE DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE SUPERVISION OF FLIGHT DUAL STUDENT - FAILED TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ROTOR R.P.M. FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- POWER RECOVERY INTENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8702F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Murray Field
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