- Date
- July 13, 1968
- Place
- San Carlos, CA · SAN CARLOS, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8902FHughes 269A
- Status
- Completed · report September 19, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109452
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2343 68/7/13 SAN CARLOS,CALIF HUGHES 269A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 29, 189 TIME - 0915 N8902F PX- 0 0 1 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN CARLOS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: POWER-OFF AUTOROTATIVE LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- PRACTICING AUTOROTATIVE LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8902F
- Reported as
- Hughes 269A
- Category
- Helicopter
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- San Carlos
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Other investigations on N8902F · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB CHI82DA245Accident · No injuriesFinal reportDavison, MIThe student pilot was making a 180 degree pedal turn to the right while hovering. The instructor pilot (ip) stated that after 90 degrees of turn, the rate of turning started to increase and the student applied left pedal to slow the turn. The ip noted that…NTSB CHI74FEC40Accident · No injuriesClosedImlay City, MI