- Date
- November 12, 1967
- Place
- San Carlos, CA · SAN CARLOS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N8915FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report December 11, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 113472
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0741 67/11/12 SAN CARLOS,CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 217 TIME - 1500 N8915F PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN CARLOS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED ROLL OVER TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISC-FLOCK OF BIRDS ROSE INTO TAKEOFF PATH OF ACFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - EVASIVE MANEUVER TO AVOID COLLISION REMARKS- PLT ATTEMPTED QUICK-STOP MANEUVER TO AVOID BIRDS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8915F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- San Carlos
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